Many congratulations Andrew Bird KC, Gary Pons and Wendy Hewitt and our incredible teams at 5SAH who have been shortlisted for five awards at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024!
Many congratulations to our Crime & Extradition team and Financial Crime team, both nominated for Set of the year at the awards.
Andrew Bird KC has been nominated for Financial Crime Silk of the year.
Andrew Bird KC is a specialist in white-collar crime, civil and criminal asset forfeiture, and civil and public law proceedings which overlap with the criminal process.
Since taking Silk in 2021, he has appeared for the defence in cases of murder, bribery & fraud, in addition to continuing his Private Prosecution practice.
Andrew is ranked in Chambers and Partners in the fields of POCA and Asset Forfeiture (Band 1 Silk), Financial Crime and Private Prosecutions - Financial Crime.
He is ranked in The Legal 500 in the field of POCA and Asset Forfeiture.
He is also recognised in Who's Who Legal at the UK Bar in the fields of Asset Recovery, Civil Fraud, and Criminal Fraud.
Gary Pons has been nominated for Financial Crime Junior of the year.
Gary is a talented and dedicated barrister. His approach to cases is distinguished by its careful preparation and measured execution.
Gary is ranked in both Chambers and Partners (Band 1), and the Legal 500 (Tier 1) for his work in the field of POCA and Asset Forfeiture work.
His experience in complex financial crime and asset forfeiture has allowed Gary to develop his practice over the years.
Gary has experience of foreign criminal proceedings having been involved for many years with two high profile cases in Costa Rica. He frequently advises on multi-jurisdictional asset recovery cases.
His practice includes areas such as business crime, asset recovery and civil fraud, insolvency, and licensing.
Wendy Hewitt has been nominated for Professional Disciplinary Junior of the year.
Wendy is Head of the Professional Discipline and Regulatory Team at 5SAH. She is ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as a leading barrister within the field of Professional Discipline and Regulatory law.
Fingers tightly crossed for the grand reveal night on the 25 September 2024.
