Crime, fraud and licensing
With a particularly active cross-border practice, Corker Binning is regularly turned to by senior executive employees of large banks for all aspects of regulatory investigations, earning a reputation for acting sensitively and safeguarding client reputations. The ‘extremely intelligent, strategic and client-friendly’ team head, Claire Cross, draws on FCA and CMA in-house experience to advise on the full gamut of FCA, criminal and regulatory investigations. Peter Binning boasts prosecution experience for the SFO and Crown Prosecution Service, and is geared to support clients at the intersection of regulatory and criminal investigations. Nick Barnard’s well-established client base consists of individuals. David Corker remains an important individual within the team.
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David Corker has a formidable reputation as a criminal and regulatory litigator. David specialises in acting for clients implicated in criminal or regulatory investigations, many of them international. He has many years’ experience of fraud, corruption cases and cartel investigations and also maintains a thriving general criminal practice.
David has acted for clients in almost every large criminal fraud case undertaken by the SFO. Recent case highlights include acting for two senior individuals in very high-profile SFO and FCA investigations. Other notable work from 2017 includes acting for a City lawyer charged with tax fraud, the Bloody Sunday murder probe, and traders facing market abuse allegations.
David founded his own firm in 2000, now Corker Binning, having previously been a Partner at Peters & Peters. David regularly writes for the national and legal press and academically about criminal and regulatory law. He is the author of ‘Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings’ (OUP 2009) and ’Abuse of Process in Criminal Proceedings’ (4th Ed) (Bloomsbury, 2014).
Career
BA from Oriel College Oxford, MA from University of Sheffield. Police Officer 1984-87. Qualified 1990, Peters and Peters 1990-2000. Founded his own firm, now Corker Binning, in 2000.
Memberships
David Corker is a member of The City of London Law Society and the Financial Services Lawyers Association.
Education
Oriel College, Oxford (1983 BA); University of Sheffield (1984 MA)
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‘Significant market player in this space, especially for representing individuals.’
‘I have worked most, as co-counsel, with Claire Cross. She is a brilliant lawyer. Very comfortable with FCA and general investigation matters, she is extremely sensible, pragmatic, and user-friendly. She's also just a very good person, which counts for a lot. I would not hesitate to refer clients to her.’