THE FIRM Bark & Co is one of the UK’s leading fraud and business crime firms. The firm’s highly-skilled lawyers are committed to providing expert advice at every stage of proceedings. The firm’s principal aims are to avoid expensive litigation whenever possible and to fight tenaciously to protect its clients’ interests. Established in 1996 by Giles Bark-Jones, Bark & Co has developed into one of the Country’s most progressive and successful fraud firms. A founder member of the Specialist Fraud Panel, the firm specialises in commercial and criminal fraud as well as serious crime, business and tax regulation, tax investigations and corporate obligations associated with health and safety enforcement. The firm acts for private individuals as well as national and international companies. It has also established itself as a leader in the field of cash and asset recovery in both criminal and civil courts. Bark & Co prides itself on the individual expertise of its lawyers, the collective strength of its specialist teams and their skill in tailoring advice to match each client’s individual circumstances. Bark & Co’s rigorous commitment to quality of advice and personalised service has lead to significant work through referrals by both clients and other leading law firms.

1. THE FIRMS

2. Bridewell Court,  Senior Partner: Giles Bark-
14 New Bridge Street, Jones
London,  Partners: 1
Greater London
 Assistants: 29
United Kingdom
EC4V 6AG  Other fee-earners: 19
Tel (020) 7353 1990
Fax (020) 7353 1880
DX 447 London Chancery Lane
Email : office@barkco.com
Website : www.barkco.com

3.  Bark & Co is one of the UK’s leading fraud and business crime
firms. The firm’s highly-skilled lawyers are committed to
providing expert advice at every stage of proceedings. The
firm’s principal aims are to avoid expensive litigation whenever
possible and to fight tenaciously to protect its clients’ interests.
Established in 1996 by Giles Bark-Jones, Bark & Co has
developed into one of the Country’s most progressive and
successful fraud firms. A founder member of the Specialist
Fraud Panel, the firm specialises in commercial and criminal
fraud as well as serious crime, business and tax regulation, tax
investigations and corporate obligations associated with health
and safety enforcement.

4.  The firm acts for private individuals as well as national
and international companies. It has also established
itself as a leader in the field of cash and asset recovery in
both criminal and civil courts.
Bark & Co prides itself on the individual expertise of its
lawyers, the collective strength of its specialist teams
and their skill in tailoring advice to match each client’s
individual circumstances. Bark & Co’s rigorous
commitment to quality of advice and personalised
service has lead to significant work through referrals by
both clients and other leading law firms.

5.  Bark & Co handles a wide range of high-profile
white-collar crime and fraud cases, including
prosecutions and investigations brought by the
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), HM
Revenue & Customs, the Serious Fraud Office
(SFO), the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the
Special Compliance Office of the Inland Revenue,
the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Trading
Standards and other prosecuting bodies.

6.  Bark & Co became a member of the Serious Fraud Panel at its
inception and is a member of the Very High Costs Cases panel
(VHCC) qualified to deal with the most complex of criminal
matters.Acknowledged as one of the leaders in the field of
corporate and commercial fraud, the firm has defended against
many of the major prosecutions brought by the SFO and other
government agencies. It has acknowledged experts in VAT and
duties tribunal work, tax regulation, defence of duty evasion,
moneylaundering and carousel fraud, as well as mortgage fraud,
investment fraud, corruption, pension fund fraud, telecoms
fraud, theft, fraudulent trading by company directors and
Internet fraud. Dedicated teams also deal with confiscation and
post- and pre-charge restraint proceedings.

7.  Recent important cases include instructions in a high profile and
politically sensitive FSA prosecution of directors (iSoft) in relation to
the new NHS IT system and the defence of the Directors of a Carbon
Trading company in an £85m fraud. Other cases include the defence of
two Directors of a specialist division of Vantis PLC in a highly
publicised case of alleged tax relief fraud. Bark & Co also represents a
Managing Director of a prominent international bank involved in
alleged insider trading; this is part of an unprecedented and high
profile crackdown on fraud by the FSA and SOCA; Bark & Co are
defending in another FSA prosecution of an alleged 11-handed insider
dealing fraud involving two prominent investment banks and also
defended in R v Law, Roberts & Harvey, another high profile SFO
prosecution concerning fraudulent trading at a subsidiary of Alfred
McAlpine PLC.

8.  Bark & Co continues to act in high-profile criminal trials, including
cases of murder, money laundering, drugs importations, armed
robbery and people-smuggling. The firm focuses on high-end work,
often involving crime across international boundaries and
jurisdictions.
The firm's wide ranging portfolio of cases includes the ongoing high-
profile case of a private investigator murdered over 22 years ago in a
London pub car park. A total of five separate investigations have been
launched, involving tens of thousands of hours of police work and
utilising long-term intrusive undercover surveillance.
Bark & Co also advise private individuals and national and
international companies facing investigation or criminal proceedings
as a result of beaches of the Health and Safety Act, taking cases from
pre-charge interviews through to trial.

9. For more information, please see our website.
Areas of Practice
White-Collar Crime/Fraud: 85%
General Crime: 15%
Contacts
General Crime:
Giles Bark-Jones
White-Collar Crime/Fraud:
Giles Bark-Jones