33 Chancery Lane

Fiona Jackson practises and provides strategic advice in domestic and international civil, commercial and criminal cases of fraud and money laundering, bribery and corruption, international mutual legal assistance and mutual recognition, international regulatory work, proceeds of crime and tracing, civil and criminal asset recovery, business crime and compliance issues.

Fiona is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers UK 2014-2025 as well as Tier 1 in the Legal 500, which note that Fiona is “A superb practitioner in the field of POCA who is very approachable and shows the highest levels of organisation.” “She is meticulous, forensic in her approach and can be tough when she needs to be”. “She has a very good and effective advocacy style which judges like.”“Fiona is truly an expert in the world of POCA and asset forfeiture. A pragmatic barrister with an encyclopaedic mind. One of my go-to counsel for complex confiscation matters.“ and ‘‘she is conscientious, approachable, very down to earth, and very hands-on.’’ “Extremely knowledgeable, and a genuine expert in POCA and asset forfeiture matters.” ‘‘Smart and personable, she doesn't have the nerd factor that some have in this field. She is professionally top drawer.’’ “An excellent advocate who is reliable, extremely hard-working, commercially aware, user-friendly and very approachable." "She has a deep-rooted understanding of how all of these areas of law work.” Acquisition International presented her with its 2013 award for Sustained Excellence in Recovering Bribery Assets - UK.

Current instructions include advising and representing defendants, third parties and prosecutors on significant civil recovery, criminal restraint, listed asset forfeiture and cash forfeiture proceedings; advising on Unexplained Wealth Orders and the availability of European Investigation Orders; defending in a multi-handed corruption trial prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service at Southwark Crown Court; assisting foreign governments with domestic and international civil and criminal recovery of the alleged proceeds of crime; part of the prosecution team for the SFO for confiscation proceedings following successful prosecution of a multi-million pound conspiracy to defraud; and advising and representing third parties in applications under s.10A of POCA 2002 and divorcing parties in linked family proceedings.

Fiona has represented a wide range of prominent defence and prosecution clients, companies and individuals, including prosecuting authorities and investigation and regulatory agencies such as the Competition & Markets Authority, Financial Conduct Authority and Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, as well as a variety of police forces, foreign governments and receivers, in cases before the House of Lords, Court of Appeal, High Court and Crown Court.

Her experience ranges from cases involving worldwide and domestic restraint and freezing of assets, receivership, criminal confiscation and civil asset recovery, significant cash seizure and asset forfeiture, and linked judicial review, to major fraud, money laundering and business crime trials.  Fiona is often instructed because of her ability to offer advice and representation on a case, from advising upon, defending and prosecuting or applying for pre-charge/pre-action restraint and freezing proceedings at the very outset to dealing with confiscation issues and linked asset/civil recovery proceedings at the conclusion of a case.

Fiona is appointed to both of the SFO’s 'A' Panels of Prosecution and Proceeds of Crime Counsel, and the CPS Advocates' Panel Specialist Proceeds of Crime List.

A regular lecturer on her areas of practice and contributor to the leading textbook “Confiscation and the Proceeds of Crime”, Fiona was also engaged by the Bar Council to develop, devise, and deliver its money laundering training to all barristers undertaking Public Access work.

Called 1998.

Committee member of Proceeds of Crime Lawyers' Association; Vice-President of Women Barristers; Vice-Chair of Bar Council's Equality & Diversity Committee; Member of Bar Council International Committee and South Eastern Circuit Bar Mess Committee; Criminal Bar Association