Mike Rainford > JMW Solicitors LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
JMW Solicitors LLP Offices
1 BYROM PLACE
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HG
England
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Mike Rainford
Work Department
Business Crime
Position
Partner specialising in financial crime and regulatory matters for over 35 years. He has dealt successfully with a number of high profile cases.
His expertise are wide ranging and include cases involving:
- Company fraud
- Carousel fraud
- Boiler room fraud
- Investment share dealing
- Taxation fraud.
Mike’s Regulatory experience also encompasses many areas including Trading Standards, environmental, health and safety, tax investigation, business innovation and skills investigations, insolvency service investigations, FCA investigations re banks, accountants and IFAs, cyber crime including theft of intellectual property and hacking.
Chambers and Partners 2016 say Mike “regularly acts in major investigations led by leading enforcement agencies including the BIS, CBI and FCA. He specialises in a number of areas including tax fraud, commercial fraud and POCA related work.
Career
Qualified in 1981
Head of business crime at Betesh fox 1987 to 2006
Head of business crime at Burton Copeland 2007 to 2015
Joint head of business crime at JMW 2015 to date.
Mike has significant experience in relation to inquest work and recently acted for three interested parties who were involved in the Hillsborough inquest.
Mike has a robust no nonsense style that has enhanced his reputation and attracted widespread commendation from his clients, peers, the judiciary and agencies he comes up against on a daily basis. He leaves no stone unturned and is fearless and uncompromising in pursuit of justice for his clients.
Languages
German and French
Memberships
Member of law societys money laundering panel
Education
LLB hons Manchester university
Leisure
Travel, hiking and all sport
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud
(Leading partners)Manchester-based JMW Solicitors LLP’s business crime and regulation practice boasts a strong team of highly experienced lawyers who ‘always demonstrate exceptional commitment to their cases, providing very high quality, comprehensive, and efficient service.’ The group, headed by experienced criminal litigator Peter Grogan, has a particular reputation for its work in white-collar crime and pre-charge advice, as well as in relation to alleged financial wrongdoing, including fraud, investigations and inquests, professional misconduct, sexual wrongdoing claims, and defence of motoring offences. Drawing on over 35 years’ experience, Ian Lewis is the key contact for professional regulatory discipline and fitness to practice proceedings, while Mike Rainford is a specialist in complex fraud and VAT evasion matters. Sam Healey is a ‘standout, heavyweight performer, who is absolutely exceptional, strong, strategic and assiduous in all of his work.’
Lawyer Rankings
- Crime: general crime and fraud North West > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Leading partners North West > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Construction