Dan is a Partner and leads our Business Crime and Compliance team.
Dan is an experienced serious and complex fraud, business crime and compliance practitioner. His practice covers all aspects of fraud and financial crime defence: arrest, compelled interviews, search warrants, productions orders, freezing orders and dawn raids.
He advises on all aspects of financial crime compliance including programmes and policies (anti-money laundering; anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions, anti-tax evasion and anti-fraud compliance) In addition, he advises on internal corporate fraud investigations (anti-money laundering advice, bribery and other areas relating to corporate and individual criminal liability) as well as crisis and reputation management.
He acts for a range of clients including individuals, corporates, partnerships and charities.
Over two decades in practice he has acted in the full range of criminal and regulatory investigations and prosecutions including those brought by the the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, CPS, HMRC and other regulators including those with parallel regulatory and linked financial, confiscation and restraint matters.
In 2015 he became an Accredited Counter Fraud Specialist having been trained by the City of London Police Economic Crime Academy and as such advises organisations and individuals in respect of compliance (including anti-money laundering, bribery and corruption and the Criminal Finances Act 2017) and counter fraud as well as internal investigations.
Dan is a member of the Fraud Lawyers Association, Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association and the International Bar Association (Business Crime).
Dan is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500 and Chambers directories. He has been described as possessing “clarity, drive and determination to deliver on complex issues…” (Chambers and Partners, 2023). The Legal 500 2023 noted “Dan Stowers is head and shoulders above the competition. He is an outstanding solicitor.”
Dan joined us in 2022. He is based in Leeds, but works across our office locations.
