Andrew Smith - Solicitor

Andrew Smith qualified as a solicitor in February 2006 and joined Corker Binning in July 2007. Andrew previously worked at Lovells LLP where he gained experience of tax, fraud and insolvency proceedings in the civil courts.

At Corker Binning Andrew has advised on a range of white-collar criminal and regulatory matters, including investigations and prosecutions brought by the Serious Fraud Office, Crown Prosecution Service and HM Revenue & Customs into tax fraud, mortgage fraud, money laundering, insider trading, market abuse, false accounting, bribery and corruption. He acted for two company directors prosecuted by the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office for breaches of export and trade control sanctions; he acted for two companies prosecuted by the Environment Agency for breaches of waste management legislation; and he advised an individual investigated by Trading Standards for suspected trademark and copyright offences. Andrew has also advised individuals whose extradition has been sought by Russia and countries in Europe (under the European Arrest Warrant scheme), the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Andrew has experience of restraint, confiscation and cash seizure proceedings.

Andrew is the Treasurer of the Extradition Lawyers Association, contributes monthly to the Lloyds Law Reports (Financial Crime) and is a member of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, the Young Fraud Lawyers Association, the British-Russian Law Association and Amnesty International. Andrew has published on money laundering, criminal cartels and extradition, and has been quoted on legal issues by the BBC and in national newspapers.

Andrew was named “Lawyer of the Week” by The Times in April 2010 for his role in successfully defending the UK’s longest running extradition proceedings. Read the article here