Craig Carr

Craig was instructed in UCC v Bender, a multi jurisdictional trust dispute in relation to the profits of an American hedge fund and AG of Jersey v Bhojwani, a prosecution of an Indian national resident in Nigeria alleging laundering of $43.9 million through Jersey. He was also instructed in a £100,000 IT contract dispute between US and Jersey companies.

In addition, Craig has substantial experience in international compliance and regulation. His work has included the preparation of a submission to the House of Commons Treasury Committee in respect of its inquiry into offshore financial centres. The submission examined the relative levels of compliance with FATF recommendations achieved by a numerous onshore and offshore financial centres. More recently, Craig prepared a presentation on regulation of European financial markets following the De Larosiere report.

He was commissioned to research and draft a response to the publication by the EU of a list of ‘equivalence’ in relation to international anti money laundering controls. He was also commissioned to write on the implications for the named countries in the US ‘Stop Tax Abuse’ bill. Through his pro-bono work, Craig researched business regulation and enforcement in Namibia for the World Bank project; ‘doing business’.

Contact Craig Carr

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7242 3555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clerks@7br.co.uk