England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing

Squire Patton Boggs

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Providing a ‘first-class service’ to individuals caught up in bribery, corruption, and financial fraud investigations, the Squire Patton Boggs team is regularly called on by CEOs, HNW individuals, and business owners. Since Hannah Laming’s arrival to lead the practice in 2022,  the team has represented clients in proceedings brought by the FCA and HMRC, aided by her ’fantastic attention to detail’ in private prosecutions and insider dealing. Ben Ticehurst shows ‘great skill’ dealing with SFO and tax investigations, while Wayne Barnes has significant experience conducting internal investigations and liaising with due diligence providers.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team is relatively new to the London market, but they have recruited really well and the capture of Hannah Laming to head up the UK white collar teams was a real coup for them.’

  • ‘Hannah Laming heads up the team and has an exceptional grasp of the detail of any case, and an instinctive feel for case strategy. She is a super lawyer with a great understanding of both regulatory and corporate fraud.'

  • ‘Ben Ticehurst provides a first-class service advising clients in cross-border matters. He manages the team with great skill, empathy towards different legal cultures and a good strategical guidance.’

  • ‘Hannah Laming is a very highly regarded practitioner with significant experience in large complex cases.’

  • ‘The team provides a first-class service advising clients in cross-border matters in an integrated manner together with local legal teams in the jurisdictions involved.’

  • ‘Hannah Laming has fantastic attention to detail and does not allow any relevant point to be overlooked. Her capacity to be across all aspects of her cases is astounding’.

  • ‘The team has drawn attention as it has slowly grown and now is a sizeable team. Well resourced team and lovely people.’

  • ‘Ben Ticehurst is our 'go to' white collar crime specialist.'

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Practice head

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Hannah Laming

Other key lawyers

Wayne Barnes, Ben Ticehurst