Jessica Parker Email & Phone Number

I am a specialist in investigations and criminal and regulatory litigation. Legal 500 UK 2022 describes me as “a true leader in the field, quite brilliant” and “a formidable advocate for her clients.”I advise and represent executives, professionals and businesses in investigations and proceedings brought by a wide range of prosecuting or regulatory bodies such as HMRC, the SFO, the FCA, the NCA or the CMA. I am recognised by directories in several fields; I am ranked in Chambers and Partners UK for Tax: contentious fraud, Financial Crime Individuals, POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture. I am recommended by The Legal 500 UK in Fraud: White-collar Crime. I am ranked as a Global Elite Thought Leader in the Who’s Who Legal: Investigations 2023 and Business Crime Defence 2023. I am described in these publications as being ‘strategically sharp and brilliant with clients’.I have particular experience in corruption, tax fraud and money laundering investigations and prosecutions. A recent highlight was securing the acquittal of the former Chief Executive Officer of Barclays in respect of his prosecution by the SFO. I am a specialist in investigations with an international dimension, including advising witnesses and suspects involved in international investigations.I act for clients in all types of inquisitorial process, including professional disciplinary proceedings, inquests and inquiries. These processes can take a range of forms - from representing a student in university disciplinary proceedings, to a witness at the Hillsborough inquest. I understand the sensitivity and discretion required in these cases. I regularly represent clients in police investigations. I have represented a number of high profile individuals and so understand the need to work in collaboration with their team and work hard to obtain the best outcome possible at the earliest stage of the investigation.

Listed skills include Fraud, White Collar Criminal Defense, Criminal Law, Financial Crime, and 16 others.