Andrew Wheeler QC

Financial Crime

• C – Advising Hong Kong private client re ongoing proceedings.
• S – Advising offshore private client re ongoing financial proceedings re trust structure/s.
• T – Advising offshore private client in the regulated sector re ongoing proceedings relating to alleged money laundering & terrorist financing.
• S – Advising offshore corporate in relation to AML, Internal Investigation, Privilege and associated.
• R v A – £1bn offshore investment investigation conducted by the SFO
• R v AB – representing former Company CFO charged with £multi-million fraud in a private prosecution.
• Advising re ongoing large-scale FCA investigation.
• R v JF – £multi-million Insolvency Fraud & Money Laundering Investigation.
• R v H & Others: Proceeds of $billion overseas bribery and corruption investigation traced through complex multi-jurisdiction offshore trust structures.
• Operation P – £multi-bn offshore corruption Investigation conducted by the NCA
• Operation Scar – systematic abuse of charities and shell companies for the purposes of high value tax evasion
• Operation Janitor – £multi – million VAT investigation conducted by HMRC, involving 25 defendants.
• Operation Perhaps – £multi-million Investigation into tax fraud, mortgage fraud and money laundering relating to a faith healer and associates
• Operation Raiment: £25m Tax fraud/s and associated money laundering/Perverting Course of Justice.
• Operation Learning: Co-ordinating investigations nationwide arising from the £280 million collapse of the DfES individual learning account scheme.
• Operation Digits: The largest investigation by HMRC into tax fraud in the construction industry.
• Operation Design: £multi-million Income Tax Pension Fraud devised and implemented by accountants acting as Trustees and Administrators of pension schemes – investigated by HMRC, FCA & tPR.

Offshore & International

• Re C – Advising Hong Kong private client re ongoing commercial proceedings.
• Re S – Advising offshore private client re ongoing financial proceedings re trust structure/s.
• Re T – Advising offshore private client in the regulated sector re ongoing proceedings relating to alleged money laundering & terrorist financing.
• Re S – Advising offshore corporate in relation to AML, Internal Investigation, Privilege and associated.

• Re L – Advising Hong Kong Private Client re Hong Kong SFC investigation.
• Advising Offshore & international businesses generally re AML , compliance, internal investigations, privilege and funding issues.

• Advising generally re tracing of assets through offshore & international company, trust & related structures – & through multiple jurisdictions.

Crime

• R v LE; Representing defendant charged with attempted murder of psychiatric nurse.
• R v KK; Representing main defendant charged with joint enterprise ‘drill-rap’ murder.
• R v DS; Representing youth charged with attempted murder relating to turf war shooting & related incidents.
• R v SK; Representing defendant charged with attempted murder, with psychiatric issues arising in relation to potential defence of insanity.