Hickman & Rose

Associate. Business Crime.

Steffan Baker is an experienced lawyer who acts on behalf of individuals and corporates across a broad range of fraud, white-collar crime and regulatory matters.

Steffan has advised clients on investigations and prosecutions by a wide range of bodies, including the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), National Crime Agency (NCA), HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). His cases frequently involve serious allegations such as fraud, insider dealing, money laundering, false accounting, bribery and corruption, and anti-competitive behaviour.

He was part of the team that successfully defended a former Managing Director of Tesco UK, who was acquitted at trial of allegations of fraud and false accounting arising from an alleged £250million overstatement of profit.

He has also represented individuals in connection with the SFO’s investigations into Unaoil, Serco, Libor and Euribor manipulation.

Many of Steffan’s cases have an international element and involving parallel investigations in the UK and overseas, including the US and Europe. He has advised on cross-border investigations and extradition proceedings. He often works alongside lawyers based in other jurisdictions.

Prior to joining Hickman & Rose, Steffan worked for another of London’s leading criminal defence law firms, where he was part of the team that secured the acquittal of a client prosecuted for insider dealing by the FCA.

From 2002 to 2010, he worked for the Crown Prosecution Service dealing with the most complex criminal allegations.

He trained at a leading civil rights firm, where he gained experience in a range of civil litigation areas, which included claims for judicial review in challenging the decisions of public bodies.

Steffan is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association and London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association.

Steffan has a BA (Hons) in Anthropology from the University of Sussex, 2008. He completed his GDL and LPC at the College of Law, Bloomsbury and qualified as a solicitor in 2014.