Giles Bark-Jones

Spear's Review

Not many financial crime specialists are as well-acquainted with high-profile work as Bark & Co principal Giles Bark-Jones. He has undertaken some of the heftiest financial crime and fraud cases of recent years, such as UBS trader Kweku Adoboli and the Cheney Pension fraud – the largest theft from a pension fund since the infamous Maxwell case.

The versatility of Bark-Jones’s experience – and his knack for getting results – characterises the firm he founded in 1996. ‘Whatever your background, and whatever the legal issue is, you will always find us to be professional and friendly, authoritative yet approachable, understanding and non-judgemental,’ the firm says. ‘We exist to serve you, and to robustly fight your corner to the absolute limit the law allows.’

Adviser Profile

Giles has defended clients in many of the largest white-collar crime and fraud cases of recent times. His impressive track record & experience includes representing individuals in prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA and HMRC. Giles acted for Asil Nadir (SFO prosecution of theft from Polly Peck International), individuals in the SFO investigation into Rolls Royce, and Kweku Adoboli (US$2.3bn trading loss fraud at UBS). On the tax side, Giles has a similarly impressive record including an appeal against a £60m conviction for alcohol tax evasion and a £100m matter described by KPMG as "one of the biggest direct tax frauds in UK history". He has also been assisting clients in NCA and SKAT investigations into a £1.5b fraud.