33 Chancery Lane

Barry is a specialist in asset forfeiture and proceeds of crime particularly in the areas of restraint, receivership, confiscation, civil recovery, commercial fraud and money laundering.

He advises on all aspects of proceeds of crime, asset forfeiture and in particular in cases where there is a cross over with insolvency proceedings.

Barry’s practice also encompasses the complementary areas of commercial litigation, civil fraud and insolvency.

He advises corporations, trusts, banks, IPs and private individuals on these specialist areas of law.

He is also regularly instructed on behalf of court appointed management and enforcement receivers in high value receiverships and has been involved in most of the leading reported receivership cases.

Barry has been instructed by the main prosecution agencies for many years including the SFO and FCA.

Barry acted for the SFO in obtaining their first property freezing order, in their first civil recovery case and for their first account forfeiture order. He receives regular instructions by defendants in complex civil recovery cases.

Barry has been recommended in the POCA and Asset Forfeiture Sections of the Legal 500 and Chambers UK since first publications.

Appointed to the Serious Fraud Office POCA Panel of Counsel - Panel A. A member of the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers' Association, the Fraud Lawyers' Association, the London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association and R3.

Call: 1983. SFO A Panel (POCA)

POCLA; R3; LCLCBA; Association of Fraud Lawyers.​