Withers LLP

White collar defence and investigations

Maurice is of counsel in the white collar defence and investigations team, primarily focusing on UK tax investigations.

His work includes business and personal tax investigations on behalf of high profile individuals as well as corporations which face either civil or criminal investigation. He frequently handles complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes, working with clients across the full spectrum of tax and investigations – and especially voluntary disclosures. He often works in conjunction with leading accountancy firms to minimise the client's risk of prosecution and the amount of tax properly payable.

Described as having 'great depth and breadth of experience' in tax investigations, with 'no problem he hasn't solved before', Maurice has been involved in many of the major cases of the past 30 years. These began with the famous nationwide Richmond Rendezvous group of Chinese restaurants in 1981, at the time the largest tax prosecution ever and the first combined operation by HM Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise (before they merged in 2005).

French.

IBA; LCCSA; Law Society; POCLA; Tax Investigation Practitioners Group London; Financial Investigation Bureau Manchester.

Christ’s College Finchley Grammar School; University College London (1970 LLB Hons).

Watford FC, lunch, travel, walking, swimming, reading books and articles on tax evasion and avoidance.