About
Rhys is a dispute resolution specialist with a wide-ranging practice, advising both companies and individuals on matters including fraud, business crime, financial services, banking, commercial, and corporate disputes. He is particularly experienced in conducting and advising on internal investigations, as well as providing stand-alone guidance on suspected economic crimes such as bribery, fraud, money laundering, and sanctions.
He regularly advises current and former officers and employees who are subject to regulatory and criminal investigations or prosecutions, especially where independent, personal advice is required separate from that given to the company involved. In addition, Rhys has developed and advised on comprehensive business crime compliance programmes, including anti-bribery and anti-money laundering policies, as well as procedures designed to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion and offences relating to the failure to prevent fraud.
Rhys represents clients across a broad spectrum of disputes and regulatory issues—including breaches of contract, fraud, tax, shareholder disputes, professional negligence, and warranty claims—in both litigation and arbitration. He is able to act against many of the UK clearing banks.
An accomplished advocate of alternative dispute resolution, Rhys has negotiated settlements and acted for clients in over 25 mediations.
Experience
- Represented a former employee of Shell in corruption investigations by the Serious Fraud Office, advising on his defence against bribery and corruption charges in Italian criminal proceedings concerning an offshore oil license in Nigeria valued at over £1 billion.
- Acted for the Joint Liquidators of Global Steel Holdings Limited in complex, multi-jurisdictional claims against former management, related parties, and sovereign states, with claims valued in the billions of US dollars.
- Represented a tech entrepreneur seeking to recover over £20 million in intricate multi-party fraud proceedings before the English Commercial Court and in LCIA arbitration, involving the Serious Fraud Office, the Viscount of Jersey, litigation funders, and various office-holders. Rhys secured freezing injunctions in both England and Jersey to protect his client’s interests. These cases have also entailed applications and hearings in the Isle of Man and Liechtenstein.
