Chris Dyke - Solicitor
Chris Dyke joined Corker Binning in 2008. Having been called to the Bar by Middle Temple in 2007, he went on to cross qualify as a solicitor with the firm in 2011.
Areas of expertise
At Corker Binning, Chris has advised on a wide range of regulatory, white collar and general criminal matters including investigations and prosecutions brought by HM Revenue & Customs, the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Office of Fair Trading and the Crown Prosecution Service. He has acted in cases concerning money laundering, false accounting, serious fraud, breaches of export control and trade sanctions, cartel and corruption offences as well as a wide range of general criminal matters. He has also advised on a number of complex cash seizure, restraint and confiscation matters.
Chris has extensive experience in defending individuals facing investigation and prosecution by the Financial Conduct Authority. He has acted for individuals in a number of insider dealing prosecutions and in the current US/UK LIBOR investigation, conducted by the FCA and Department of Justice with other US regulators. He also has experience of negotiating with the FCA on behalf of defendants under The Attorney General’s Guidelines on Plea Discussions in Cases of Serious or Complex Fraud.
Career
In 2010 Chris was seconded to the General Counsel’s Division of the Financial Conduct Authority where he was involved in advising on public, regulatory and financial services law relating to policy and supervision within the regulation of the financial services industry.
He is a former committee member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association and a member of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association, the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers and the Extradition Lawyers Association.
