Business & International

Current economic conditions mean the end of "light touch" regulation for the City.  Dyers Chambers expects that regulators will reach much further into the conduct of companies and professionals and exercise much closer supervision of both risk management and professional standards.

It is characteristic of this change of approach that the Serious Fraud Office now places a higher priority on dealing with internal corporate investigations and self-reporting than it does on the large criminal trials seen in recent years.  A whistleblowers' helpline for City workers who suspect fraud at their firm has been set up by the SFO.  Professionals placed in the predicament of considering a report require the best possible advice before taking this step.  More than ever, corporate clients need considered advice and support in liasing with government agencies to preserve business confidence and reputation. Chambers offers Direct Access to provide this assistance.

Present concerns should not stifle business however.  We wish to guide our clients through the changing regulatory environment and seek to offer the maximum scope for their commercial development.

The effects of executive and quasi-governmental decision-makers, both domestic and foreign, are regularly felt by individuals and businesses.  In a climate of increased globalisation and regulation, Chambers brings an international perspective to public law, drawing on our collective experience of:

• judicial review

• extradition

• mutual legal assistance

• trans-jurisdictional litigation

We act for individuals, corporate bodies and foreign governments wherever the lawful reach of the state is in issue.  Members of Dyers Chambers have the right skills to offer the best advice to both corporates and professionals.