Business Crime

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.

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.

German and French

Member of law societys money laundering panel

LLB hons Manchester university

Travel, hiking and all sport