Lloyds PR Solicitors

Harsha Rupasinghe is a partner at Lloyds PR Solicitors.

Harsha is a Partner at Lloyds PR Solicitors and a prominent defence lawyer. He is a specialist criminal litigator with substantial experience in serious economic crime: fraud, money laundering, asset restraint and forfeiture, confiscation and civil recovery. He represents the firm’s client base throughout the entire criminal litigation process and has been instructed in some of the most notorious cases in the UK in recent years.

He has acted for individuals, corporate bodies and governments in high-profile cases including investigations conducted by Interpol, the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

Harsha, representing Lloyds PR Solicitors, participated in a fact-finding mission in connection with the interception in international waters of a humanitarian convoy on its way to Gaza, by assisting in legal research alongside Sir Desmond de Silva QC (2010).

He is currently leading the defence in the following high-profile cases: Operation Laith (£44m cyber-fraud investigation begun by the FBI being prosecuted by the CPS); R v Subramaniam (£430m global fraud investigation, across 22 countries, led by the US Secret Service, FBI and Serious Organised Crime Agency being prosecuted by the CPS); Operation Prelacy (£200m fraud investigation by SOCA); Operation Opaque & Rome (£150m drug conspiracy investigation by SOCA and Dutch authorities being prosecuted by the CPS); Operation Viking (£150m fraud investigation by HMRC); R v Arachi (£69m fraud investigation by HMRC being prosecuted by the CPS); Operation Civilian (£137m fraud investigation by HMRC being prosecuted by the CPS); Operation Netwing (slavery conspiracy investigation by Hertfordshire Police Major Crime Unit being prosecuted by the CPS); Operation Veneer (£150m fraud investigation being prosecution by HMRC). Harsha further specialises in extradition and mutual assistance and is currently acting for a defendant in relation to Operation Assist (an extradition request by the UK to Romania, to stand trial for murder). He has a record of successfully resisting EU extradition requests and has advised on international investigations involving extraditions to and from the USA, Sri Lanka and Azerbaijan.

Sinhalese

The Law Society of England and Wales London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association Amnesty International Justice and Liberty Sri Lankan Lawyers Association