David Corker - Partner

David Corker has a formidable reputation as a criminal and regulatory litigator. He is ranked as a key individual (Band 1) in the fields of Criminal Fraud, Crime and Cartel Defence by Chambers 2013. He is also featured in the International Who's Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers 2012, as a leading individual for Fraud by Legal 500 2012 and as a leading practitioner for white collar crime by the Guide to the World's White Collar Crime Lawyers 2012. David is featured as a leading lawyer for fraud in the 2013 inaugural UK edition of Super Lawyers.

Areas of expertise

David specialises in acting for clients implicated in criminal or regulatory investigations, many of them international. He has many years’ experience of fraud, corruption cases and cartel investigations and also maintains a thriving general criminal practice.

David has acted for clients in almost every large criminal fraud case undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office. He has considerable experience in international criminal cases involving, for example, allegations of corruption, money laundering or cartels. In relation to Financial Conduct Authority investigations, his work has focused on alleged insider dealing, boiler room frauds and misleading the market. He has also represented clients in connection with allegations of homicide (including gross negligence manslaughter) and sexual offences.

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He offers clients "excellent analysis and good, strategic judgement," and is able to draw on his renowned experience in multi-jurisdictional criminal cases.

Chambers UK 2013

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Recent Work

advising defendants in relation to the CPS's largest direct and indirect tax fraud prosecutions
acting for multiple clients overseas in relation to an alleged major Japanese corporate fraud
advising bankers concerning alleged manipulation of LIBOR
acting for individuals suspected of committing bribery offences in the UK and Middle East
acting for journalists concerning phone-hacking allegations
advising multiple clients being prosecuted by the SFO for various fraud-related offences
acting for individuals who are the subject of hostile FCA investigations.

Career

David Corker founded his own firm, now Corker Binning, in 2000, having been a partner at Peters & Peters.

He received a BA in jurisprudence from Oriel College, Oxford in 1983 and an MA from the University of Sheffield in 1984 in socio-legal studies. From 1984-1987 he served as a constable in the Metropolitan Police before qualifying as a solicitor in 1990.

News and Press

David writes regularly for the national and legal press and academically about criminal and regulatory law. He is the author of “Disclosure in Criminal Proceedings” (OUP 2009), “Abuse of Process in Criminal Proceedings” (Tottel 2009) and co-editor of Archbold Magistrates Court Practice. He also speaks at legal conferences around the world.