Financial Crime and Fraud

Speaker: Edward Franklin
Chambers: Two Harcourt Buildings

As we continue to expand our portfolio of legal areas to give our members a wholistic training experience, here we welcome Edward Franklin to expound on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, including a look at cryptoassets and Covid Government Support fraud. The seminar is broken down into three sections:

Context – what is the background to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill?
Content – what does the Bill propose?
Consequences – what might this mean for clients?

Relevant law

Companies House Reform – Companies Act 2006

Edward specialises in complex or sensitive criminal cases. He is an experienced jury advocate. He is frequently commended for his written advocacy and advices. Edward has an appetite for hard work and marries intellectual rigour with creativity of thought, and his areas of practice include: fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption and misconduct in public office, complex disclosure exercises and LPP issues, organised crime, sexual crime/human trafficking, and corporate defence.