Peter Finbow
Peter Finbow is a senior solicitor at Bark & Co with over 20 years experience of defending clients in complex, high profile, and lengthy investigations, including prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA, HMRC, CPS, and Insolvency Service amongst others.
He has also defended cases involving the HSE, NHS, Environment Agency, DEFRA, and Trading Standards.
In addition, he has acted for clients in successful appeals to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
Peter has particular experience in defending financial and business crime cases involving fraud, tax offences, share dealing offences, money laundering, restraint and proceeds of crime proceedings.
R v Boris Becker – offences under the Insolvency Act 1986
R v Bowers – company director prosecuted by the SFO for a £37 million conspiracy to defraud investors in teak plantations in Brazil
R v Reeves-Taylor – dismissal of war crime charges of torture alleged during the Liberia Civil War in 1990
R v Marrache – finance director of the prominent law firm Marrache & Co prosecuted in Gibraltar for conspiracy to defraud the firm’s clients and creditors of £40 million
R v Ravjani – company director of a mobile telephone distribution company acquitted of one of the largest MTIC / carousel / contra–trading VAT frauds (£176 million)
R v Chappell – former owner of BHS prosecuted for cheating the public revenue of VAT, corporation tax and income tax
R v Nadir – CEO of Polly Peck International prosecuted by the SFO for theft of £29 million
R v Wilmot – company director prosecuted by the FSA for conspiracy to commit fraud in a £27 million ‘boiler room’ fraud
R v Canning – company director prosecuted for a £2.7 million conspiracy to commit fraud involving binary options
R v FH – barrister acquitted of perverting the course of justice relating to libel proceedings brought by the professional cricketer Chris Cairns against Lalit Modi concerning the IPL
R v W – professional horseracing jockey acquitted of conspiracy to defraud Betfair by race-fixing
R v S – former international professional footballer acquitted of money laundering offences
R v D – management consultant acquitted of charges of fraud and cheat on the public revenue regarding services provided to the NHS
R v O – dismissal of charges of conspiracy to defraud and to handle stolen goods (£2.7 million) relating to the insurance recovery of artwork stolen from the Bulmers cider family.
Peter has also represented individuals subject to inquiries and interview by the SFO in other matters including the Rolls Royce and Glencore investigations.
