White Collar Crime Law Firm of the year 2010 and 2011

Cubism Law provide a first class, specialist white collar crime and business fraud investigation, advice and representation service that is recognised as market leading. Led by Dan Hyde, the individual winner of the Business Crime Lawyer of the year award, the firm was awarded the title of Best White Collar Law Firm for its white collar crime and corporate fraud service performance in 2010 and 2011 (Corporate International Global Awards 2010, 2011).

We are serious fraud specialists, offering bespoke advice and representation to:

Private clients who may have been accused of fraud or are being investigated or facing investigation for fraud
Companies who may be investigating frauds carried out against them or are themselves facing fraud related investigations or charges.

Our services include Civil and Criminal Fraud, City Regulation and Insider Dealing, Corporate Fraud, Commercial Fraud and all facets of serious business crimes.

Our pioneering service is complemented by our PressLegal team which incorporates leading advisors from Public Relations and Reputational Management firms in both the UK and US to enable us to deliver to clients an integrated PR service at a critical time where necessary.

Some of the specialist fraud related services we offer:

Asset Recovery

Asset recovery is closely linked to our civil fraud work and involves identifying, tracing and recovering assets to satisfy judgments, settlements , orders or for some other reason such as to assess their worth prior to embarking on litigation or enforcement. Our asset recovery services are international (as well as national) and we will commission wealth reports and investigations where appropriate.

Bribery and Corruption

With the advent of the Bribery Act, which is wider and more forceful than its American cousin the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK business is braced for the impact of this seminal legislation on the giving and receiving of “bribes”. We expect this will result in the investigation and prosecution of individuals and companies who make “facilitation” payments or gestures deemed to constitute bribes. In addition to advising and representing business faced with prosecution we can provide risk assessment/prevention advice to include accountancy input from one of the world’s leading accountancy firms to help firms identify red flag transactions and to implement prevention measures.

Anti Money Laundering

Money laundering legislation casts the net very wide and a prosecution can have disastrous consequences for an individual or business. Modern business often involves a chain of transactions and individuals across national borders and an increased risk of criminal property being laundered. Advice may be needed as to potential liability for the proceeds of a crime here or abroad, whether non-disclosure will be an offence in itself and the nature and content of any disclosure. In addition to preventative, best practice advice we can assist with the often difficult issues of disclosure and compliance with a view to resolving possible problems before they constitute a prosecutable money laundering offence. Should this occur our money laundering defence service provides a comprehensive advice and representation service for those under investigation or subject to prosecution.

Serious Crime

Our private crime service covers those areas of crime that are not white collar/business crime but involve offences that are serious or have serious consequences (to include reputational) for the client. We have specialist expertise in this area and were shortlisted for the Best Criminal Law Firm award for our work in 2010 (Corporate International Global Awards). Dan Hyde, the leading consultant, has a wealth of experience and has represented clients facing serious charges in high profile, complex cases of fraud investigation.

Cartels

Our corporate crime service includes advising and representing firms subject to investigation or criminal proceedings for cartel or anti-competition offences. This is an area where specialist advice is essential; as with other high profile corporate offences such as insider dealing, cartel offences often result in serious reputational damage (PressLegal). Dan Hyde, our leading consultant was recently interviewed on the BBC News Channel to give his views on a cartel investigation into a sector of the motor industry.

Extradition

Extradition is an increasingly important law firm service with the increasing impact of the European Arrest Warrant (as faced by Wikileaks’ Julian Assange) and the need for expert representation to ensure any request is properly sought. Our extradition arrangements with the US can also be highly problematic and the apparent injustice in their operation brought to public attention by cases such as the “Nat West Three” and Gary Mackinnon. In such cases a requesting State may fight for hearts and minds in the press as well as the courts and any defence team should have the tools to ensure the client’s voice and perspective is heard. We have those tools (PressLegal) and will apply them where appropriate or act on a traditional “law only” basis where so instructed.

Commercial Litigation

Our commercial litigation work focuses on resolving commercial disputes with fraud (or potential fraud) at their epicentre. We will consider all avenues in order to best achieve our client’s objectives and there is often a cross over between criminal and civil litigation, a crossover we are adept and skilled at managing.

Intellectual Property Crime

We advise and represent clients on a range of intellectual property issues but primarily where there is an alleged offence relating to intellectual property rights. We have experience of complex trading standards investigations as well as international actions brought by rights holders and group representatives.

Contact Us

To contact us now, please call 0207 831 0101 and ask to speak to one of our fraud specialists or email us with your details using the 'get in touch' form on this page and we will call you back.