England - London • Crime, fraud and licensing
JMW Solicitors LLP
The ‘highly experienced’ team at JMW Solicitors LLP sits within the firm’s national crime, financial crime and investigations group and advises on criminal defence matters, fraud and private prosecutions. Daniel Martin, who took over leadership of the practice in 2022, is a name for financial and business crime, regulatory investigations, and serious and organised crime cases. Amy Shaffron is another key practitioner who acts for both corporates and individuals on fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and bribery and corruption; she is experienced in investigations brought by the SFO. Former practice head Lee Adams left the firm in April 2023.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Highly experienced private prosecution team.’
- ‘Amy Shaffron is extremely diligent and hardworking, a first-rate lawyer and enormously popular with clients.’
- ‘JMW have a wide reach in terms of clients and their ability to pick up work.’
- ‘Their reputation is the very best.’
- 'They have expanded in London very quickly and have recruited a number of good, young and hungry solicitors.'
- 'They have quickly established a good reputation and are very busy.'
- 'The instructions I have received from them are diverse and of good quality.'
- 'They are a firm to watch out for. '
Work highlights
- Acted for Hadlands Estate Agents, who prosecuted their former financial controller for fraud committed while working remotely due to the pandemic.
- Acting for a client in relation to a prosecution for fraud by false representation and conspiracy to defraud in relation to a crypto investment fraud with a total loss of approximately £110k.
- Represented the private prosecutor in relation to a cross-jurisdictional fraud leading to a loss in excess of $160k.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Daniel Martin