Tom Epps

Profile

Practice Areas: His practice focuses on business crime and regulation, specialising in multi-jurisdictional fraud, corruption and cartel investigations. Substantial experience in investigations brought by all the major UK enforcement agencies including the SFO, FSA, RCPO, SOCA, OFT and HSE. Recent cases include dissuading the SFO from action against a multinational energy company over alleged international corruption and assisting in advising News Corp on various aspects of Operations Weeting and Elveden. Has advised clients in the current US/UK LIBOR investigation, handled SFO and DOJ interviews of employees in relation to a US/UK corruption investigation and advised two former directors on a procurement fraud of over £1billion.

Professional Memberships: London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association (former committee member and Law Reform Officer), Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers, Fraud Advisory Panel, Extradition Lawyers Association.

Career: Joined Russell Jones and Walker in 1999 and became a partner 2003 in the Business and Regulatory Investigations team. Joined Debevoise and Plimpton as International Counsel in 2010 and joined the partnership at Hickman and Rose in 2011.

Publications: Contributes to New Law Journal, Commercial Litigation Journal, and In-House Lawyer Magazine, and regularly comments in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Washington Post and Bloomberg. A regular speaker at legal conferences.