Richard Sallybanks
A partner in BCL for over 20 years, Richard has represented individuals and companies through numerous UK and international business crime investigations and prosecutions.
His core UK practice is defending senior executives who are suspects in investigations conducted by the SFO, FCA, and other regulatory and investigative authorities. His recent SFO experience includes the Petrofac, Airbus, Barclays Qatar, Alstom and Tchenguiz / Kaupthing Bank investigations as well as the successful defence at trial of Tesco’s Commercial Director on charges arising from an alleged £250m accounting fraud. In the financial sector he has acted for bankers, brokers, traders and senior executives in criminal and regulatory investigations, by the FCA and overseas authorities, including in relation to allegations of money laundering, insider dealing and market abuse.
Much of his work involves cross-border investigations (including the US, France, Switzerland, Denmark and India) and Richard is experienced in managing and co-ordinating teams of lawyers in multi-jurisdictional cases.
Many of his clients are High Net Worth individuals who Richard advises in connection with tax investigations, as well as the implications of overseas criminal investigations, asset freezing, the mutual legal assistance regime, extradition and Interpol.
Following an LLB (1st class Hons) at the University of Exeter, Richard qualified as a solicitor at CMS Cameron McKenna and spent three years in their commercial litigation department before joining BCL in 1995.