Business Crime Solicitors at Forbes

Business Crime Solicitors

Forbes Solicitors understand the anxiety and pressures experienced by directors and managers who find themselves and their businesses under investigation by the police or tax authorities. Our dedicated unit of Business Crime Solicitors has the expertise and resources to assist at all stages of such enquiries; directed in the first instance towards avoiding the instigation of formal proceedings if at all possible.

Business Crime matters are often very delicate and complex, and expert advice at an early stage is crucial and can pay dividends. Forbes Solicitors have extensive experience of the whole range of cases including:

  • H M Revenue and Customs - MTIC (Missing Trader Intra Community) and "Carousel Fraud"
  • Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Money Laundering, Confiscation Proceedings and Restraint Orders
  • Commercial frauds including "Long-Firm" Fraud
  • High Yield Investment Fraud
  • Advance Fee Fraud
  • "Boiler Room" Fraud
  • Insider Trading
  • Mortgage Fraud
  • Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Prosecutions
  • EU Anti-Dumping Duty avoidance
  • Financial Services Authority (FSA) Prosecutions
  • Bribery and corruption - both domestic and international
  • Department of Work and Pensions
  • Employee Fraud
  • Cartel Fraud
  • Revenue cheat involving tobacco and alcohol
  • Industrial espionage
  • Election Fraud
  • Carbon Credit Fraud

Our extensive in-house Higher Court Advocacy team enables us to deal with each and every aspect of case from investigation stage to court hearings at all levels.

In addition to investigations by police, commercial and serious crime agencies Forbes Solicitors also have a dedicated department dealing with Regulatory Law which can advise in respect of investigations and proceedings by various regulatory bodies including DTI, Health and safety, Environment and Licensing Agencies and Local Authorities.

For an initial consultation with a Business Crime Lawyer at Forbes Solicitors please call us on freephone 0800 975 2463 or contact us by email.

Meet our Business Crime Solicitors and specialists

We have expert Solicitors at each of our offices based in Manchester, Preston, Blackburn, Accrington, Chorley and Leeds, UK