Called 2005 Email jamiesharma@187fleetstreet.com Contact Senior Clerk - John Pyne Telephone 0207 430 7423 Fax 0207 430 7431 Jamie Sharma Profile Jamie is a specialist lawyer in business crime and civil litigation involving financial and regulatory investigations into corporates and professionals. Jamie was instrumental in the establishment and success of the civil tax fraud and specialist litigation team at HMRC. He provided advice, frequently at policy level, on the development of HMRC's investigation and litigation strategy for international tax fraud. He oversaw, and continues to be instructed in, a series of complex cases worth over 1 billion to the UK Treasury. The jurisprudence of these matters has transformed the conduct of civil tax fraud litigation in the UK and across Europe. He is currently retained in cases involving alleged tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax fraud for HMRC. Jamie's practice focusses almost exclusively on criminal and civil financial investigations into businesses and professionals. He is experienced at working with teams of commercial and criminal lawyers, accountants and market experts. As a result, he is routinely instructed by the top-tier of the UK's prosecuting and regulatory authorities and leading white-collar defence solicitors. In 2015, Jamie was instructed by the Serious Fraud Office in two significant investigations into international fraud, bribery and corruption at FTSE100 and FTSE250 publically listed corporations. Current and Recent Cases A profile of Jamie's current and recent cases includes: > Advising the SFO in a 50 million cross-border pensions fraud. > Advising and representing HMRC in a series of major civil tax fraud, evasion and avoidance trials and appeals in the First Tier (Tax) and Upper Tier (Tax and Chancery) Tribunals. > Defending proceedings brought by the National Crime Agency in an alleged international fraud. > Advising a person subject to confiscation proceedings before the Jersey Royal Court. Page 1/5
> Advising the Claimant businessman in a 10m claim for unlawful means conspiracy, deceit and professional negligence against financial advisors. > Advising the Defendant accountant in two 4m claims for unlawful means conspiracy, deceit and professional negligence. > Representing a businessman accused of a multimillion pound payroll fraud. > Representing the Medical and Healthcare Regulatory Agency in a conspiracy to import 1 million of unlicensed pharmaceuticals into the UK. > Representing a professional person accused of insurance fraud and money-laundering. > Representing a businessman accused of fraudulent trading and money laundering. > Advising HM Treasury Solicitors in an appeal to the Supreme Court. The case concerned the interaction between criminal and civil law in compensation claims for criminal injuries. > Representing the government, as junior counsel instructed by HM Treasury Solicitors, in a test case before Court of Appeal (Civil Division) and Supreme Court on whether drinking alcohol during pregnancy is a criminal offence. > Representing a person in confiscation proceedings following a series of land frauds worth 500,000. > Representing a corporate client charged with intellectual property offences. > Representing a businessman in enforcement proceedings following confiscation. > Representing an accountant in confiscation proceedings arising out of a mortgage fraud. > Advising on references to the ECJ in contentious tax litigation. > Representing a businessman accused of money laundering. Page 2/5
> Advising on costs in civil litigation arising from corporate insolvency. Criminal Fraud, Civil Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Recent instructions have involved work in the following areas: > Advice on investigation, counter-investigation and pre-charge strategy. > Obtaining freezing orders, injunctions and search warrants. > Specialist advice and representation in Tax Tribunal appeals involving: MTIC VAT fraud; Bondhouse, Kittel, Mobilx and Fonecomp litigation; and trade in tangible and intangible commodities. > VAT and excise litigation. > Film tax schemes. > International asset tracing. > Requests for Mutual Legal Assistance. > Liaising with overseas investigating authorities. > Working alongside accountants, experts in financial markets and corporate investigators. > Advice on electronic disclosure, public interest immunity and legal professional privilege. > Conducting interviews of witnesses and suspects in criminal and civil inquiries into fraud, bribery and corruption of utmost complexity and sensitivity. > Working with specialist commercial, criminal and tax silks in litigation pursued across multiple Page 3/5
jurisdictions. Appointments > SFO Prosecution Panel > SFO Proceeds of Crime Panel > CPS HQ Panel Advocate > CPS HQ Specialist Panel for Serious and Organised Crime > CPS HQ Specialist Panel for Fraud > Exceptional Designation by the Attorney General to Conduct Tax and Civil Litigation > National Security Check (SC) Cleared > Direct Access Qualified Education, Awards and Memberships > University of Bristol, LL.B. (Hons.), Law > Inns of Court School of Law, Bar Vocational Course, PGDip, Law > Member and Major Scholar of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple > Fraud Lawyers Association > Financial Services Lawyers Association Page 4/5
> Criminal Bar Association > Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers Linked In > Connect with Jamie Sharma on Linked In. Criminal Justice Secure Mail > Jamie may be contacted by CJSM at jamie.sharma@187fleetstreet.cjsm.net. Page 5/5