Crime, fraud and licensing
Kingsley Napley LLP maintains a leading position in the defence of individuals involved in complex, often multi-jurisdictional white collar crime cases. The team advises clients across a wide range of industries, from energy and infrastructure to financial and professional services, and regularly acts in cases involving bribery, corruption, tax fraud, false accounting, insider dealing, and sanctions breaches. The firm is experienced in representing clients under investigation by agencies such as the SFO, CPS and City of London Police, and has a strong track record in POCA and asset forfeiture matters. Louise Hodges heads the department, bringing extensive expertise in financial crime and FCA regulatory investigations. Caroline Day leads the cross-practice investigations group and is noted for her skill in advising on legal privilege and data privacy issues. Nicola Finnerty, Jonathan Grimes, Jill Lorimer and Alun Milford are all standout practitioners in financial crime, while Rebecca Niblock and Sophie Wood add further strength in cross-border investigations, extradition, and international sanctions work. Ed Smyth has extensive white collar crime experience with particular knowledge in dealing with law enforcement applications to freeze or seize assets under the POCA and challenging the exercise of search and seizure.
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Criminal Litigation
Position
Rebecca is one of the UK’s leading extradition practitioners and heads the firm’s extradition team. She has successfully defended a large number of persons requested for extradition by other states, both inside and outside the EU. Her practice also encompasses other matters with an international component, including sanctions cases and Mutual Legal Assistance requests.
Rebecca also advises on a wide range of white collar crime investigations including serious fraud, money laundering, cartel and corruption specialising in cases involving multi-jurisdictional elements. She has many years of experience of dealing with domestic criminal matters, from sexual offences to offences involving violence or drugs.
Rebecca is a co-founder of the Defence Extradition Lawyers’ Forum, co-author of Extradition Law: A Practitioners Guide and author of the chapter on Extradition in Abuse of Process by Colin Wells.
Career
Rebecca qualified in 2008, gaining Higher Rights of Audience (Criminal) in that year. She joined Kingsley Napley in 2012.
Memberships
Criminal Law Committee Law Society, European Criminal Bar Association, International Bar Association, Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum
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‘Louise Hodges leads a fantastic team.’
'Kingsley Napley is one of a small number of go-to firms providing this service. They have a well-deserved great reputation.'
'Brilliant, hard-working team that brings expertise and experience to the representation.'
'Jonathan Grimes is a brilliant strategist and advocate. Also, a great team player who complements any defence team.'
'Kingsley Napley combines relevant experience, domain expertise and thorough analysis of any situation. The advice given is clear, concise and based upon the facts as presented. It is specific and represents the best way forward.'
'A simple combination of domain expertise and experience, combined with detailed analysis as a result of thorough examination of pertinent materials and searching questioning of the client.'
'Probably the top white collar crime team in the country. Stand-out performers.'
'The team at Kingsley Napley are all calm hands in a crisis. I would turn to any one of them without hesitation if I had a problem.'