Giles Bark-Jones

Principal

Giles Bark-Jones solicitor is a top-rated fraud and financial crime specialist lawyer and Principal of the leading criminal defence law firm Bark & Co, based in London but with a nationwide reach.

He has undertaken some of the largest cases to hit the news in recent times including leading the defence team for Asil Nadir; acting for Kweku Adoboli, the UBS Trader who allegedly ran up a $2.3 billion trading loss and the former news editor of the News of The World; defending a senior corporate executive from Deutsche bank charged as part of the FSA’s largest and most complex insider dealing investigation to date.

Previous cases include the Cheney Pension fraud – the largest theft from a pension fund since Maxwell; Operation Euripus cases; the BAE Systems case involving corruption claims concerning a £1 billion South African contract; as well as defending in large-scale money laundering SFO investigations.

Giles Bark-Jones Leading Partner 2025 Award of Top Criminal Defence Law Firm Bark & Co Solicitors London UK Lawyers from Legal 500 Directory

Giles Bark-Jones Highly Ranked Top Criminal Defence Solicitor 2025 Award in Chambers Legal Directory – Best Expert Crime Defence Lawyer

Giles Bark-Jones Leading Individual Lawyer Award - Best Solicitor and Attorney London UK from Legal 500 Directory 2024

Giles Bark-Jones Best Solicitor London UK - Top Lawyer Ranking Award from Chambers and Partners Legal Directory 2024 Award

GILES BARK-JONES Solicitor London UK Best Lawyer for High Net Worth - Chambers Legal Directory 2024 Award - Top Attorney

If you would like to discuss your charge or case with Giles Bark-Jones solicitor, one the UK’s very best expert financial crime and fraud defence lawyers with a proven and high-profile track record of success that establishes him as the lawyer of choice in this specialist Area of Law, he will be pleased to receive your call.

For further details please go to our criminal fraud defence page or call 0207 353 1990 now or go to our Contact Us page.

“Practice head Giles Bark-Jones is 'without doubt' one of the sharpest defence lawyers practicing today”

Legal500

“Giles Bark-Jones is ‘charismatic and tactically astute, and quickly wins the trust of clients'"

Legal500

"The ‘excellent’ Giles Bark-Jones is highly regarded by market sources for his criminal fraud work"

Chambers & Partners

“Bark&co has ‘become a powerhouse in the field of white-collar crime’, with practice head Giles Bark-Jones ‘one of the leading fraud lawyers of his generation'.”

Legal 500

“The ‘excellent’ Giles Bark-Jones is highly regarded by market sources for his criminal fraud work”

Chambers & Partners

“Sources agree that … Giles Bark-Jones remains ‘the driving force of the firm’”

Chambers & Partners

“Giles Bark-Jones … is credited with developing the practice to the enviable position it occupies today”

Chambers & Partners

“Giles Bark-Jones is ‘very able’“

Legal 500

“At Bark & Co, Giles Bark-Jones is ‘very quick to grasp the significant issues’ “

Legal 500

“Sources agree that ‘he’s fantastic with clients and has very good instincts on fraud matters’"

Chambers & Partners

“Giles Bark-Jones is ‘a formidable and tenacious lawyer, prepared to go that extra mile’“

Legal 500

“Giles Bark-Jones in singled out for his expertise in an array of complex fraud-related issues”

Chambers & Partners

“Giles Bark-Jones is ‘a human dynamo who knows when to keep his cards close to his chest and when to show his hand to win a game’"

Chambers & Partners

“Founder of the firm Giles Bark-Jones has considerable experience in criminal fraud matters.”

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