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Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)

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Jones Day

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Jones Day fields an ‘extremely responsive and client-oriented’ investigations and white-collar defence team with notable strength in cross-border litigation and investigations. Sion Richards heads up the practice and has a focus on multijurisdictional investigations into major fraud and corruption matters. Richards works closely with the ’sensationally bright’ Adam Brown, who attracts client praise for his ‘phenomenal strategic insight’ and regularly acts for financial institutions, corporates, and insolvency practitioners on the full range of criminal and regulatory investigations. Former practice co-head Glyn Powell retired in January 2024.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Sion Richards consistently delivers. A team of legal experts who have a commercial outlook and advise conclusively and clearly on a range of complex legal problems.'

  • 'Sion Richards is a stand-out partner who helps clients resolve complex issues.'

  • 'Extremely responsive and client-oriented with solid communication and negotiation skills.'

  • 'Hugely adept at cross-border work.'

  • 'Adam Brown is sensationally bright and has phenomenal strategic insight.'

  • 'An exceptionally deep bench of talent, creative and opportunistic litigators with hard-won experience coordinating actions across multiple jurisdictions for a single objective.'

  • 'All are a pleasure to work with. They are assertive, no-nonsense, creative, and outcome-focused.'

  • 'Sion Richards is an impressive practice head who brings a level of cool in more ways than one. Adam Brown leads UK litigation with calm strategic resolve.'

Key clients

  • Essilor International SAS
  • Essidev SASU
  • Essilor Manufacturing (Thailand) Co. Limited

Work highlights

Acting for the Essilor Group on international criminal investigations and civil proceedings arising out of a major fraud in which $275m worth of funds were misappropriated.
Acting for the liquidator of former high street retail company Comet in relation to a large preference claim brought under the Insolvency Act 1986.

Lawyers

Practice head

Sion Richards

Other key lawyers

Adam Brown