England - London • Risk advisory
Bivonas Law LLP
With more than 25 years of experience in the regulatory and corporate crime market, the ‘highly professional’ team at Bivonas Law LLP represents a vast network of clients, including financial institutions, hotel groups, and advertising companies. The practice has considerable experience of dealing with major prosecutions and investigations brought by the SFO, FCA, and HMRC, revolving around bribery allegations, money laundering, and serious fraud. Antony Brown co-heads the group, drawing on his civil and criminal fraud expertise to handle complex cross-border prosecutions, while fellow co-chairs Steve Sharp and Cindy Dorrington both handle regulatory and corporate investigations, and high-profile criminal cases.
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Testimonials
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‘The team draws on wide experience of commercial and criminal law that enables all aspects of case to be satisfactorily covered.’
‘Antony Brown is hands on with clients and guides their responses, knowing where to turn to when he needs support. Steve Sharp is very experienced criminal and regulatory lawyer able to draw on a long career's worth of knowledge to get things right.’
‘As a former senior law enforcement fraud investigator and former director of security and cyber at the Bank of England, I have no hesitation in recommending Bivonas Law in the areas of fraud, corporate activities and white collar crime activities.’
‘All members of Bivonas Law are highly professional and appreciative of all elements of any investigation they enter.’
‘Anthony Brown is on top of his game. Very well versed in regulatory litigation and at all times I felt he was in control. His personalized service and attention to detail stands out. I would highly recommend him to anyone without any hesitation.’
‘One of key strengths of Bivonas in regulatory investigations is that these matters usually engage regulatory, criminal and employment law issues. Bivonas Law is able to advise on both the regulatory and criminal proceedings alongside employment lawyers.’
‘I am working with Roland Ellis on several complex contractual disputes. I like Roland's readiness to embrace non-standard solutions serving the client's interests. In particular, it was easy to work with Roland on quite technical aspects of the disputes which required appreciation of a specific business environment of the client working in the IT industry.’
Work highlights
- Advising an African government in relation to the prosecution of several senior officials involved in wide-scale international corruption while in office.
- Advising a UK-based asset management company on its exposure to third party liability after the SFO requested information about its clients linked to an investigation into alleged money laundering and fraud offences concerning the award of major oil contracts in the Middle East.
- Acting for the UK arm of a ship husbanding company involved in a major US Navy contracting scandal concerning allegations of bribery and overcharging.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Antony Brown, Steve Sharp, Cindy Dorrington