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Jonathan Fisher KC is a leading barrister (King’s Counsel) specialising in financial crime and corporate crime cases, particularly those involving money laundering, tax evasion and economic sanctions. 

He was nominated for the award of “Financial Crime Silk of the Year” by Legal 500 Directory in 2022.

Jonathan practices from Red Lion Chambers, one of London’s top sets of barristers’ chambers for criminal and regulatory work. He is also a registered practitioner in the Dubai International Financial Court. 

In addition, Jonathan is a Visiting Professor at The LSE where he teaches financial crime on the internationally acclaimed LLM programme. He holds a PhD awarded by The LSE following his research into the obligation to report suspicious activity and corporate rights. Contributor to several books including Arlidge and Parry on Fraud, as well as author of many papers and articles, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, and an accredited Trusts and Estates Practitioner.

Jonathan is listed in the UK’s leading biographical reference book Who’s Who, and he is regularly approached for his views by the media.

"He has an extremely deep knowledge of the law around money laundering and all kinds of financial wrongdoing that straddle criminal and civil fraud law."
Legal 500 Directory (2021)

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