Tim Harris

Tim Harris is a white-collar crime, fraud and corruption lawyer advising individuals, senior executives and companies facing serious criminal and regulatory investigations.

He represents clients in relation to fraud and financial crime cases often at the most sensitive and high-stakes stage of proceedings. Tim is regularly instructed on matters involving allegations of corporate fraud, misconduct, and regulatory breaches, where reputation and commercial impact are critical.

Tim brings exceptional experience from both prosecution and defence, having worked on some of the UK’s most high-profile fraud investigations – guiding individuals and companies under the highest form of scrutiny.

With a background spanning international corporate law-firms, in-house banking, white-collar crime boutiques and prosecuting work at the Serious Fraud Office, Tim offers clients, both firms and individuals, a unique, breadth of perspective when assessing legal risk and strategy.

He has higher rights of audience and extensive experience representing clients throughout the investigation process, including:

• Police station interviews, dawn raids, searches, and responding to production orders.
• Hard fought litigation in the criminal courts.

He is also well-versed in managing investigations that run alongside civil fraud, asset recovery and Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings, ensuring clients receive coordinated strategic advice across all fronts.

Tim’s investigations practice covers both corporate and regulatory settings, and he adopts a proportionate, pragmatic approach. He routinely works alongside colleagues across practice areas and third-party advisers to establish the facts and advise on the most appropriate route forward in the relevant context – balancing commercial, reputational and legal considerations. Tim can also leverage a deep network across the legal and investigations sector, identifying and instructing the best counsel and expert to build the right team for clients’ needs.

His practice focuses on:

• Fraud defence and white collar crime.
• On FCA matters, he has acted on insider dealing, market abuse, and supervisory engagement (including authorizations and cryptoasset inquiries).
• Financial crime investigations (SFO, FCA, HMRC, NCA, CMA, City of London Police and other authorities).
• Corporate internal investigations.
• Regulatory enforcement and financial crime compliance issues.
• Asset recovery and related civil fraud proceedings.
• General crime allegations.