Business Crime

Hickman & Rose’s Business Crime department represents individuals and organisations in corporate and financial crime matters, both in the UK and abroad.

The department’s expert business crime lawyers advise on the full range of business and White Collar criminal matters including bribery and corruption, fraud, money laundering, proceeds of crime, extradition, insider dealing and market abuse and tax investigations

The team is regularly instructed in the biggest SFO investigations and our lawyers have huge experience and expertise in representing senior executives, owners and High Net Worth individuals caught up in these matters.

The department has secured the acquittal of clients prosecuted by the SFO in a string of serious and complex cases, including LIBOR fixing, allegations of serious fraud and financial impropriety involving Tesco, Serco and G4S, an unmatched record of success at trial.

The department is top ranked in both the Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 legal directories

Chambers and Partners’ HNW 2025 edition describes the team as “without doubt, industry-leading for white-collar crime defence”. Legal 500’s 2026 edition says they “are a very nimble law firm…at the top of the field in white-collar crime”. Chambers and Partners’ UK Guide 2026 edition describes the team at Hickman & Rose as “astute, bright and strategically savvy white-collar crime lawyers”.