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Mohammed Ahmed

Mohammed Ahmed is an Associate in the Criminal and Fraud Litigation Department at KANGS. Since joining the firm in 2012, he has developed extensive, high‑level expertise across all aspects of criminal litigation. Mohammed is a highly skilled lawyer with an abundance of experience, having guided numerous clients through the intricate processes of police station interviews and criminal investigations. His expertise shines through as he offers invaluable advice and assistance of the highest standard to both corporate entities and private individuals. Throughout his career, he has effectively defended clients nationwide, in all aspects of serious and complex crime. Clients regularly instruct Mohammed to defend them in respect of criminal prosecutions of every nature including: \t \tConspiracy to Murder \tMurder | Manslaughter \tKidnap & Blackmail \tFalse Imprisonment \tConspiracy to Supply Drugs | Drug Importation \tConveying Articles into Prison \tFraud | Money Laundering Acquisition | Use | Possession of criminal property \tPerverting the Course of Justice \tFirearms Offences \tArmed Robbery | Robbery \tSexual Offences | Sexual Offences against Children \tViolent Disorder | Riot \tFacilitation of Illegal Immigration \tDeath by Dangerous | Careless Driving Mohammed represents both corporate and private individual clients in proceedings brought by all the major prosecuting authorities including: \t \tNational Crime Agency \tHealth and Safety Executive \tHMRC \tEnvironment Agency \tInsolvency Service \tLocal Authorities \tWide array of Regulators

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Mick Carney

Mick Carney is a qualified Solicitor having been admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 1995. He is also a qualified Duty Solicitor. He was the principal of Carney & Co Solicitors in Stoke-on-Trent for 15 years before joining Kangs Solicitors as a consultant solicitor in 2014. He has specialised in criminal law, fraud work and motoring matters for over 20 years and has developed an extensive national client base. Mick is a FA Registered Intermediary under The FA Football Agents Regulations on Working with Intermediaries and is also authorised to with ‘minors’. He represents numerous professional football players in all four divisions of English Football and is best placed to advise players in relation to disciplinary and regulatory issues. He also provides a full management service to professional footballer clients including contractual and transfer matters. In addition to his work with professional footballer players, Mick is also a British Boxing Board of Control Licensed Manager and he provides a full management service to a number of professional boxers.

Helen Holder

Head of Crown Court Department As the Head of the Crown Court Department at Kangs Solicitors, Helen oversees hundreds of serious criminal and regulatory cases each year. Since qualification, Helen has specialised in defending clients charged with serious cases with particular emphasis on defending sexual allegations (including historic offences), serious crime and complex white-collar crime/fraud matters. Helen is ranked in the Legal 500 in recognition for her work on serious criminal cases. \t “Strong expertise in fraud cases and drugs conspiracies who works heavily on Crown Court cases.” (Legal 500, 2019) \t “Noted for her work in criminal cases and in particular historic sexual abuse cases.” (Legal 500, 2017) \t “Helen Holder is bright and ruthlessly hard working” (Legal 500, 2015) Her calm, approachable and empathetic nature assists her to gain the respect and trust of those who instruct her. Helen has been instructed on a wide variety of cases in recent times, a sample of which include: \tSerious sexual offences \thistoric allegations \tacted as the lead solicitor on the first trial in the UK relating to sexual offences committed outside of the jurisdiction. \tnumerous rape and sexual assault allegations, \tsexual communication with a minor \tallegations of familial sexual offences \tGross Negligence Manslaughter \tPrison Escape Cases \tFire Safety Offences \tLarge scale conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs. \tWounding & Assault Offences \tRobbery & Firearms Offences \tCausing Death by Dangerous Driving. \tVat / MTIC Fraud \tDuty Evasion Offences \tCheating the Public Revenue \tMortgage Fraud

Hamraj Kang

Hamraj Kang, senior partner of Kangs Solicitors, has over twenty years’ experience representing clients throughout the country in the above-mentioned areas of law. He is consistently ranked in the leading legal directories as a leader in the areas of financial crime and serious general crime. Hamraj acts for individuals and businesses in investigations brought by the major UK authorities including the SFO, HMRC, FCA, CPS, NCA, ICO, BEIS, Trading Standards and a host of regulatory bodies. He has particular expertise in the areas of VAT & tax fraud, bribery & corruption, money laundering and insider dealing, having been retained by a number of PLCs and senior company executives on such matters. The work is often complex and multi-jurisdictional. Hamraj advises corporate and individual clients both during and in the immediate aftermath of dawn raids when quick, effective and incisive advice is required to protect the legal rights and reputation of the firm’s client. He has vast experience of representing clients in a wide range of interviews including SFO, HMRC and NCA. He is admired for his novel tactical thinking and possesses a proven track record of guiding clients to a successful conclusion in the most difficult and demanding cases. Hamraj also undertakes a full range of serious criminal work such as historic sexual allegations, murder, corporate manslaughter, drugs offences and serious driving offences, having acted in many high-profile cases of this nature. Clients include football clubs/players, high net worth private individuals, members of the professions, company executives and personalities from the entertainment, media and sports sectors. Hamraj places the issues of confidentiality, privacy and reputation management at the forefront of his strategy when conducting such sensitive cases. He always adopts a strong and proactive approach to such investigations with the overriding objective to bring each matter to a successful and swift conclusion in an endeavour to avoid court proceedings and any adverse publicity for his client. Hamraj’s work in POCA/Asset Forfeiture includes advising on Restraint Orders, Freezing Orders, Unexplained Wealth Orders and Cash Seizures. Recent cases include HMRC tax and revenue enquiries, Civil Recovery Order/Proceedings, Property Freezing Orders, Account Freezing Orders, defending section 22 POCA applications, conducting section 23 POCA applications (inadequacy of available amount), numerous large-scale cash seizures and third-party representation in Confiscation Proceedings.

Colin Parker

Criminal & Regulatory Department Colin Parker was admitted as a solicitor in December 1974 following the completion of training articles with one of Birmingham’s leading commercial firms. With 50 years of experience in legal practice, Colin is one of our most senior lawyers and brings considerable knowledge of law and procedure to his serious caseload. Colin has worked in the Serious Crime Team since joining KANGS Solicitors in 2005 and his work is exclusively multi-million pounds fraud cases and serious criminal cases. He is regarded highly for his meticulous preparation of a client’s defence in readiness for trial and his friendly and re-assuring manner when assisting clients through what is, inevitably, an extremely stressful and worrying period of their life. Concluded cases include, by way of a small example, acting for numerous defendants in cases involving: \tMulti-million pounds MTIC/VAT Carousels \tAvoidance of VAT upon the importation of high value motor vehicles \tAvoidance of VAT upon the importation of tobacco from Europe and the Far East \tInternational people trafficking \tInternational money laundering \tInternational identity fraud \tMulti- million pounds pyramid fraud \tPonzi frauds \tMortgage frauds running into hundreds of millions of pounds. \tFrauds committed against the NHS. Additionally, Colin has been instructed by and has successfully defended fellow professionals, both solicitors and legal executives, faced with serious charges of conspiracy to defraud a variety of lending institutions and money laundering. The acquittals secured for these clients has preserved their reputations and enabled them to continue with their legal careers.

Sukhdip Randhawa

Head of the Investigations & Magistrates’ Court Team Sukhdip Randhawa (‘Suki’) has over two decades of experience in a wide range of criminal and regulatory matters. As a specialist advocate, he regularly appears in Magistrates’ Courts throughout the length and breadth of the country representing clients on issues ranging across the board from motoring prosecutions to the most complex regulatory hearings. Suki represents both corporate and private individual clients in multi-million-pound investigations conducted by all the major prosecuting authorities including: \t \t \tSerious Fraud Office \tNational Crime Agency \tFinancial Conduct Authority \tHMRC \tBEIS \tHealth and Safety Executive \tEnvironment Agency \tTrading Standards \tLocal Authorities investigating food safety & hygiene and all types of regulatory work. Suki is a member of the Kangs 24 Hour Rapid Response Team and is well versed in attending and advising in relation to Dawn Raids by all the major investigating authorities. He is experienced in advising clients in relation to search and seizure powers during dawn raids. Suki has represented clients in thousands of investigations and interviews under caution and his vast experience in such matters is much admired and respected by clients. With a deep understanding of the stress and anxiety caused by regulatory intervention, Suki employs an empathetic approach with a view to minimising the worry to his clients caused by the complex demands of such regulatory involvement. Suki takes a pro-active stance at an early stage when dealing with investigations as this can often lead to the prevention of criminal charges being brought against a company or individual allowing them to continue to run their business freed of the burden of any ongoing enquiry. Additionally, Suki regularly represents corporate clients and company directors facing financial misconduct allegations and acts as a defence advocate at court centres across the country. Suki also defends clients charged with serious criminal offences such as murder, manslaughter, drugs offences, fraud, money laundering, human trafficking, blackmail and theft. As head of the Magistrates’ Court Team at Kangs Solicitors, Suki is the lead defence advocate for the firm in Magistrates’ Courts. He is a gifted advocate and specialises in defending the full range of driving offences such as: \t \t \tSpeeding \tS172 Notices \tDrink Driving \tFailure to Provide a Specimen \tSpecial Reasons Arguments \tNo Insurance/MOT \tCareless Driving \tDangerous Driving \tDeath by Careless or Dangerous Driving \tExceptional Hardship Cases

Tim Thompson

Head of Tax Tim Thompson is an experienced Solicitor who joined Kangs in 2009. He focuses on Business Crime, Civil Fraud and Regulatory matters. He is Head of the Tax Department at the firm and has particular expertise in the following areas: \t \t \tHMRC Criminal and Civil Tax Investigations \tIndividual and Corporate Tax Enquiries \tWhite Collar Fraud, Money Laundering and Complex Crime \tRegulatory Investigations and Prosecutions \tCivil Fraud \tAsset Recovery \tDirector Disqualification Proceedings \tCriminal & Civil matters under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Tim is recognised for his work on complex cases: Timothy Thompson is ‘a consummate professional, very measured and unflappable in his approach to complicated cases’ (Legal 500). In the course of providing the highest levels of representation and service, Tim applies himself to the individual needs of each and every client and is highly regarded for going that extra mile in the pursuit of providing a truly first-rate professional service. He appreciates that involvement in serious proceedings, whether civil, criminal or regulatory, has consequences on each client’s personal and business life and, therefore, structures his advice and support accordingly in a pragmatic and realistic, but understanding fashion. His ability to forensically interrogate complex, technical and financial evidence is of particular value enabling him to distil the fundamental issues which present themselves in each case and to provide clear and succinct advice.

John Veale

Head of Regulatory