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. Bark & Co
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THE FIRM

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Bridewell Court,
14 New Bridge Street,
London,
Greater London
United Kingdom
EC4V 6AG
Tel (020) 7353 1990
Fax (020) 7353 1880
DX 447 London Chancery Lane
Email : office@barkco.com
Website : www.barkco.com

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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.

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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. PRINCIPAL AREAS
OF WORK
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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. Corporate &
Commercial Fraud
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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.

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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. Criminal
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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.