England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

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Duncan Lewis Solicitors‘ crime department, which has a network of offices across London, including in Hackney, City of London, and Croydon, is commended by clients for both their ’highly regarded‘ fraud practice and ’excellent‘ confiscation team. Hardeep Dhaliwal and Sunjay Versani lead the team, with the latter being promoted to director in March 2023. Other key team members include the ’dedicated‘ Noam Almaz, who is particularly experienced in extradition cases, and associates Laurence Grant, Simon Connolly, Linda Barker, and Olivia Amy Rose.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Simon Connolly is one of the top experts in confiscation proceedings and puts in the extra time needed to succeed in these cases.’
  • ‘Their confiscation team is well renowned and deals with some of the biggest money laundering cases around.’
  • ‘Linda Barker - senior, brilliant with clients, professional, great to work for, committed to her work, excellent with clients. Olivia Rose is a future star, very professional, hardworking, and will do anything for clients that she can professionally do.’
  • ‘I work regularly with Simon Connolly and Laurence Grant, both of whom are stand-out in their fields. Their knowledge of confiscation and the POCA regimes is second-to-none. They are very personable and collaborative with Counsel.’
  • ‘Noam Almaz is excellent; he is really clever, knows extradition law and procedure inside out and works terrifically hard. He and I just worked on a Canadian request which is the most complicated case I've ever dealt with, and he absolutely nailed the arguments.’
  • ‘Although Duncan Lewis are a large firm, they have not watered-down the quality of the service that they offer. They read and prepare their cases accurately and intuitively, so can provide realistic and appropriate advice. Their fraud department is also highly regarded within the industry generally.’
  • ‘Laurence Grant provides expertise in many areas, including fraud and confiscation matters. He has been carving a niche in both of these areas for many years and so is recognised as an authority in these areas.’
  • ‘Noam Almaz is a dedicated, unstoppable advocate for his clients. He will leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of justice for his clients for whom he cares passionately. He will undertake field research to get to the bottom of any legal issue and engages fully with counsel to ensure the case is prepped as well as it can be. He is an outstanding individual in a very difficult field.’

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Hardeep Dhaliwal, Sunjay Versani

Other key lawyers

Laurence Grant, Noam Almaz, Simon Connolly, Linda Barker, Olivia Amy Rose