What the Directories Say
First-class strategic thinker
“A first-class strategic thinker”
Jason Sugarman QC / Legal 500 (2020)
Superb legal knowledge
“He has superb legal knowledge and great judgement in how best to advance the client’s cause.” “He’s a lovely guy to work with and a good lawyer, who is also very experienced in civil fraud, meaning he brings an extra dimension to his cases. He has a good rapport with the judges.” “Mark is sensible, practical and knows what he’s doing.”
“A very good, strategic and tactical thinker who is great with clients. He’s easy to deal with and gets right to heart of a problem.”
Mark Rainsford QC / Chambers & Partners 2017 edition
Stellar reputation
Has a stellar reputation for acting in money laundering claims. His broad proceeds of crime practice sees him handling very high-value confiscation and restraint orders.
Strengths: “Offers excellent advocacy, first-class advice and superior preparation. He is hard-working, very commercially aware, user-friendly and approachable.”
Mark Rainsford QC / Chambers & Partners 2016 edition
First-rate legal advice
“A welcoming source of first-rate legal advice”
Mark Rainsford QC / The Legal 500 2016 edition
Forceful, concise, clear
“He is a forceful, concise, clear and effective advocate”
Jason Sugarman QC / The Legal 500 2017 edition
Extremely knowledgeable
“He’s extremely knowledgeable and very resourceful. Ten barristers may say ‘no, can’t do it’, but he finds a way”
Mark Rainsford QC / Chambers & Partners 2015 edition
Foremost business lawyers
Mark was nominated by his peers as one of the world’s foremost business lawyers in International Who’s Who Legal 2013.
Mark Rainsford QC / Who’s Who Legal 2013
What We Do
Corporate Crime, Internal Investigations, Monitoring
Including bribery & corruption, compliance reviweing, insider trading, market abuse, whistle-blowing, DoJ/SEC/SFO investigations
Business Crime
Value Added Tax (VAT) Fraud, Missing Trader Intra Community (MTIC) Fraud, and diversion fraud / Carbon credit fraud / Cyber crime / Foreign exchange fraud / Ponzi fraud / Tax fraud
Regulatory
Self reporting / Dawn raids and search warrants / FCA investigations / General crime / Environmental law / Health and safety case
Specialist Advocacy Services
Divorce – financial settlement cases where hidden assets are alleged / Arbitrations / Inquests and inquiries / Professional disciplinary hearings
International
Advising witnesses and defendants from overseas regarding SFO investigations / Advising whistle blowers / SFO/DoJ investigations / Mutual legal assistance to aid civil and criminal fraud claims being made overseas / Extradition / Financial sanctions
Strategic Consulting
RSL is a provides strategic counsel to, corporates, private clients & overseas governments / Our counsel recently assisted a major African state, including its judiciary and law enforcement authorities in relation to how to recover looted assets from former government officials
Proceeds of Crime and Money Laundering
Dawn raids and search warrants / Cash seizures / Confiscation
Our People
Our Cases
Fraud Litigation
Our barristers have appeared in hundreds of trials, acting as leading counsel in some of the UK’s most complex and high-value civil, commercial and criminal cases
Business Crime
Our recent cases include: Successfully defending a well-known Hong Kong businessman on trial at Southwark Crown Court for money-laundering charges in relation to a boiler room fraud
Proceeds of Crime, Restraint
Our team counts with experience obtaining restraint and management recevership orders , freezing orders, criminal restraint orders on behalf of businesses, governments and individuals
Internal Investigations
RSL has launched and spearheaded internal investigations on behalf of large corporations, law firms and financial services clients in order to defend them against various allegations.
Strategic Solutions
We have helped companies avoid legal action altogether by strategically assisting them in reaching non-prosecution agreements, self-reporting, and negotiating with third parties.
Appeals and Confiscation
Our counsel have been involved in numerous complex and high value appeals and confiscation hearings. Clients include large multinational corporations involved in major fraud trials involving hidden assets.
Gross Negligence Manslaughter
We have successfully defended cases of the highest gravity in which the defendants had been accused of gross negligence