Simon Baker Kc Email & Phone Number

Simon Baker KC has been regarded for many years as one of the country’s leading barristers for fraud and financial crime. He is recommended a leader in the field by the Chambers & Partners UK directory (he has been recommended in every edition of the guide since 2013), the Legal 500 guide (he has been recommended every year since the 2015 edition) and the specialist Chambers & Partners HNW Guide (since 2019).Simon primarily specialises in cases of complex business and regulatory fraud, market abuse, tax fraud and money laundering, as well as in serious criminal conspiracies (including murder and serious drugs cases).Acting for both individual and corporate clients, he has been instructed in some of the highest profile cases in the UK including the Post Office “Horizon” appeals, LIBOR, the HBoS fraud, BHS, London Capital & Finance and iSOFT.Simon is regularly instructed to advise at the pre-charge/investigation stage, and has considerable experience of dealing with restraint, asset recovery and confiscation proceedings. Simon also has experience of the particular issues arising in bringing or defending private prosecutions.The Chambers & Partners UK Guide describes him as "a real standout … He has a huge amount of gravitas before the judges and he charms the juries. He is recognised by the market as an incredible brain and is frighteningly bright." They also described him as “a sensational barrister who does the highest quality of work. … he is a very talented and clever individual.” The Legal 500 Guide describes him as “incredibly bright, practical, a great team player, a brilliant drafter and excellent advocate. He has the ability to digest huge volumes of material and produce cogent and clear advice at superhuman speed.” The also described him as "Immensely talented and a formidable advocate both on his feet and in written submissions and commands great respect from the Judiciary”.You can see more detail about his experience, including details of recent cases, at https://www.2bedfordrow.co.uk/barrister/simon-baker/