White-collar and regulatory boutique Corker Binning provides ‘high-quality’ advice to individuals in high-stakes regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, many of which often involve multi-faceted, cross-border issues and an involvement with overlapping regulatory agency scrutiny. Drawing upon her former in-house regulatory prowess, ’brilliant’ team head Claire Cross has excellent insight into the machinations of the FCA. Cross excels in advising clients on cross-over criminal and regulatory matters, including as it relates to insider dealing and market abuse, as well as increasingly issues relating to non-financial misconduct. Recognised as one of the best white-collar lawyers in the market, Peter Binning is the ‘go-to person with high stakes matters and high-profile clients’. Nick Barnard has ’great instincts’ and is an up-and-coming member of the team as a result of his ‘breadth of experience across regulatory and criminal investigations’.

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Testimonials

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  • 'The team is tenacious and hands on. A good option for individuals, particularly for criminal FCA cases.'
  • ''Claire Cross is hardworking and delightful to work with. Excellent knowledge of the inner workings of the FCA gives clients an edge.'
  • 'Claire Cross is a brilliant lawyer who really knows her area.'
  • 'Claire Cross is one of the very few who truly specialise in cross-over criminal and regulatory contentious FS work. She has a phenomenal depth of experience combined with a lovely manner which makes her a pleasure to work with.'
  • 'Peter Binning is wise, worldly and great on the technical issues.'
  • 'Peter Binning - THE go to person with high stakes matters and high-profile clients.'
  • 'Nick Barnard knows his stuff and has great instincts.'
  • 'Nick Barnard is a great up and coming partner, with a breadth of experience across regulatory and criminal investigations.'

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Claire Cross

Other key lawyers

David Corker, Peter Binning, Nick Barnard