BCL Solicitors LLP

BCL Solicitors is a market-leading law firm specialising in domestic and international corporate and financial crime, tax investigations and litigation, financial regulatory enforcement, corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences, disciplinary proceedings, and both serious and general crime. The firm also provides expertise in anti-money laundering, anti-corruption compliance, and risk management. It advises senior executives, corporations, public bodies, public figures, and high-profile or high-net-worth individuals involved in criminal or regulatory investigations and prosecutions. The legal team comprises practitioners with backgrounds in specialist criminal law firms, commercial law practices, barristers’ chambers, prosecuting authorities, and the Government Legal Service.

Principal Areas of Work
BCL Solicitors advises on the full spectrum of corporate and financial crime matters, including fraud, false accounting, corruption, and sanctions offences, with experience in both domestic (SFO, HMRC, FCA, NCA) and multi-jurisdictional investigations. The firm frequently handles extradition and Interpol red notice challenges, often in politically sensitive or high-profile contexts.

In tax matters, the firm represents clients in HMRC investigations, prosecutions, and civil litigation, with a focus on tax avoidance, evasion, and the use of HMRC's enforcement powers.

In the area of financial regulatory enforcement, BCL Solicitors represents individuals in FCA investigations involving insider dealing, market abuse, and regulatory approval issues.

The firm advises on regulatory investigations, including corporate manslaughter, health and safety, environmental protection, consumer protection, fire and food safety, and related public inquiries or Coroner’s Inquests. It provides strategic counsel on internal investigations, crisis management, and regulatory engagement.

BCL Solicitors has significant expertise in matters involving the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), advising on restraint, confiscation, receivership, freezing orders, unexplained wealth, and civil recovery.

Its compliance and risk management services include advice to corporations and financial institutions on anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and corporate liability in relation to expanding criminal offences affecting corporate entities.

The firm also represents individuals in disciplinary proceedings before regulatory and professional bodies, including the Bar Council, Solicitors Regulation Authority, General Medical Council, MHRA, and British Horseracing Authority.

In criminal defence, the firm is recognised for its role in high-profile serious criminal cases, offering representation from police station through to Crown Court. Its clientele includes prominent individuals in business, media, sport, and entertainment, with a focus on discretion and reputation protection.

Languages
French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

Staffing
16 UK Partners
17 Other UK Fee-Earners