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For the 4th year in a row a team from Shearman Bowen & Co successfully completed the 52-mile challenge of the annual London Bikeathon on Sunday 16th September in support of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. Our team, comprising team leader Ben Holden and a select number of domestiques, aims to raise £1,000 for the charity. If you would like […]

Shearman Bowen acted for Christian Littlewood whose case concluded today at Southwark Crown Court. A negotiated settlement led to a confiscation order in the sum of £767,000. The FSA, who had described this as the most serious case of insider dealing to ever come before the UK criminal courts, had originally sought £2.8m. report

Mark Bowen and Samia Ouladzhara successfully represented Jarrad Beddow, acquitted at the Old Bailey of exporting prohibited material to Iran. The Crown decided to offer no evidence against Mr Beddow after extensive legal argument. eveningstandard

At Shearman Bowen we have built a reputation in recent years of successfully defending clients in complex confiscation proceedings. This trend has continued at Isleworth Crown Court. We were instructed to represent the defendant Ivan Marshall in his confiscation proceedings following his conviction for high level drug trafficking. The Crown had originally sought a confiscation order […]

Shearman Bowen have secured an acquittal for a multi-millionaire director accused of conspiring with others to burn down a property from his high value portfolio. The Crown offered no evidence against our client shortly after the trial had commenced following a series of disclosure requests formulated by senior partner Mark Bowen.

Senior partner Mark Bowen was privately instructed to act for a senior city solicitor accused of sexual assault on a train, in a case at  Blackfriars Crown Court. Phillipa McAtasney QC was instructed to represent our client. The case was discontinued by the CPS after failures in disclosure by the Crown together with new evidence uncovered […]

“The lawyers’ attention to detail and client care are second to none.” – Chambers Guide 2012 The 2012 edition of Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession was published today and Shearman Bowen & Co maintain their high rankings for crime and fraud work for the fourth year running. In the ‘Crime – London’ category, the firm is once […]

“Delivers a first-rate service right across the board” – Legal 500 2011 edition The Legal 500 guide to the legal profession has just published its 2011 edition, and again ranks Shearman Bowen & Co in the top 20 firms for crime for the third year running. This year’s entry (September 2011) states: “Shearman Bowen & Co ‘delivers a […]