David Bloom
David is an Associate Director at Sonn Macmillan Walker. He heads the Financial Crime Department.
David joined Sonn Macmillan Walker in 2017 after a decade working at a busy London firm. David has extensive experience in successfully defending a range of ‘while collar’ matters brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), National Crime Agency (NCA), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
David specialises in representing individuals and corporates in criminal and civil investigations. At any one time, David will be advising clients at the early stages of investigations and litigating cases before the magistrates’ court, Crown Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.
Leading Financial Crime Lawyer
David’s practice encompasses the full spectrum of financial crime and proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
David is regularly approached to act in large-scale, complex confiscation proceedings but also upstream in cash seizures and account freezing and forfeiture orders proceedings. Across the board, David has achieved notable successes over recent years.
His meticulous eye for detail and ability to absorb information and distil it means that David is regularly sought out by professionals, company directors and HNW individuals and highly regarded by his peers, including leading barristers that specialise in this field.
Client Care
Clients benefit from David’s empathetic approach. He provides accurate and realistic advice and is often privately instructed in criminal and regulatory matters involving professionals accused of sensitive offences, including of a sexual nature, where effective representations both pre and post charge are required.
David has Higher Rights of Audience and clients are reassured that he can represent them from the the police station to the Crown Court.
An Authority in Financial Crime
David has contributed articles to leading legal journals and authored the major chapter on criminal investigations and prosecutions in Bloomsbury Professional’s publication, “Law and Regulation of Tax Professionals”.