I found Quinton’s detection, knowledge, and experience in dealing with an SFO investigation invaluable and reassuring in what was a highly stressful and demanding time for me… ”
Quinton Newcomb is a barrister at Fulcrum. He has been practicing in white collar work for over 15 years. Prior to joining Fulcrum in 2013, Quinton was a member of the independent bar for 8 years, where he both prosecuted and defended in criminal proceedings.
Appointments: Recorder (2020)
Quinton represents companies and individuals involved in some of the most complex and high-profile SFO investigations and prosecutions, and has led Fulcrum teams acting for companies, including ALSTOM and ENRC.
He has experience of managing large multidisciplinary teams, including working closely with our corporate clients both within their offices as part of a team with their in-house legal and compliance professionals, and externally in order to assist with their compliance function.
Quinton’s corporate governance and compliance experience has ranged from the conduct of ‘gap analyses’ upon existing policies and procedures at large multinational companies and sporting National Governing Bodies to designing whole compliance and audit functions from scratch.
He sits on the Editorial Board for LexisNexis’s Corporate Crime PSL Service, writes for Lloyd’s Financial Crime Law Reports, and alongside David Williams QC and Pam Shearing, Quinton has recently updated the bribery and corruption chapter of Fraud (Criminal Law and Procedure) (OUP, 2013).
Immediate past Captain of the Bar of England and Wales Cricket Club, Quinton is a veteran of five Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup competitions, former Sudbury RFC player, and a keen club tennis player.
Quinton has been practicing white collar work for over 15 years. Prior to joining Fulcrum in 2013, Quinton was a member of the independent bar for 8 years, where he both prosecuted and defended in criminal proceedings, and gained recognition for his proceeds of crime work in particular.
Since joining Fulcrum he has been involved in white collar investigations across the globe in a range of circumstances, including high profile, sensitive, and highly complex of matters. Quinton has led teams responsible for the criminal defence of both individuals and companies – including large multinationals, such as Alstom and ENRC – facing SFO investigations and prosecutions.
He has also represented witnesses who have been interviewed by the SFO and has supported them through the whole process of providing evidence for a criminal prosecution. Aside from his criminal litigation work, Quinton regularly conducts internal investigations in circumstances where white collar crime is alleged, and he advises companies on their white collar crime compliance procedures. He has also acted as an expert witness on UK financial crime laws in the context of international arbitrations.
Away from his client work, Quinton is a contributor to Lloyd’s Financial Crime Law Reports, he sits on the Consulting Editorial Board for LexisPSL’s financial crime service.
Prior to joining Fulcrum in 2013, Quinton was a member of the independent bar for 8 years, where he both prosecuted and defended, and gained recognition in the Chambers and Partners directory where clients identified him as a ‘safe pair of hands’ in this area. Quinton has experience of addressing applications for restraint orders and receivership orders, in addition to both post-conviction confiscation proceedings and asset recovery proceedings, including a period in-house during which he prosecuted confiscation enforcement proceedings for HMRC.
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Quinton has advised extensively in the field of bribery and corruption. Prior to joining Fulcrum in 2013, he spent 8 years at the independent bar, prosecuting and defending bribery and corruption cases. Quinton’s bribery and corruption work ranges from advising on the design and implementation of ‘adequate procedures’ within the meaning of the UK Bribery Act 2010, and in adherence to both the SFO and US Department of Justice’s guidance on evaluating corporate compliance programs, through to acting as counsel to Alstom in the historic prosecution brought by the SFO against their UK subsidiary, Alstom Network UK Ltd.
Quinton has also acted as an expert witness in the field of UK bribery and corruption law in international arbitration proceedings. With colleagues, Pam Shearing and David Williams Q.C. he also edited the corruption chapter of Montgomerie and Ormerod on Fraud (OUP).
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During his 8 years at the independent bar, Quinton regularly prosecuted and defended in fraud cases. His fraud experience ranges from advisory work in relation to anti-fraud measures through to defending companies and individuals accused of fraud.
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Quinton has acquired significant experience of public law challenges in the context of criminal investigations and has recent experience of successfully challenging the SFO in relation to steps taken by them on public law grounds. He has worked closely with large teams within Fulcrum and those acting for other stakeholders in order to prepare public law claims and to pursue them, both in the UK and in other common law jurisdictions.
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During his 8 years at the independent bar, Quinton regularly prosecuted and defended in money laundering cases. That experience has equipped him well to advise Fulcrum’s clients in the area, and Quinton’s money laundering experience ranges from advisory work in relation to AML procedures through to defending companies and individuals accused of money laundering.
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During his time at Fulcrum Quinton has led teams advising on matters involving both historic and future sanctions liability pursuant to both US (with the assistance of US partners), UK, and EU sanctions breaches.
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Quinton has been practicing in investigations work for over 15 years. Whilst at the independent bar he regularly advised the police and other officers, financial investigators, and prosecution lawyers upon criminal investigations, and acted as a trial advocate / attorney for the Crown Prosecution Service and Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office, amongst other prosecution agencies. During this period, he prosecuted serious fraud and money laundering, and he also gained significant experience before the higher courts.
Since joining Fulcrum, Quinton has led teams responsible for both the criminal defence of individuals and companies – including large multinationals, such as Alstom and ENRC, facing SFO investigations – and for the conduct of internal investigations.
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Quinton carries out investigations relating to suspected tax offences. He has been practicing in investigations for over 15 years. Whilst at the independent bar he regularly advised the police and other officers, financial investigators, and prosecution lawyers upon criminal investigations, and acted as a trial advocate / attorney for the Crown Prosecution Service and Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office, amongst other prosecution agencies. He also spent a period in-house during which he prosecuted confiscation enforcement proceedings for HMRC.
Quinton has been practicing in investigations for over 15 years. Prior to joining Fulcrum in 2013, Quinton was a member of the independent bar for 8 years, where he both prosecuted and defended, gaining extensive skills and experience in the art of questioning witnesses, and analysing evidence. This has equipped Quinton to conduct internal investigations, and he has led a number of teams conducting internal investigations across the globe in a range of circumstances, including the most sensitive and complex of matters. Fulcrum have increasingly sought to adopt technology in order to drive efficiencies and improve accuracy for clients, and Quinton now has significant experience of using artificial intelligence in the form of technology assisted review (“TAR”) and communication mapping.
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Both prior to the pandemic, and increasingly during the pandemic, Quinton has acquired considerable experience in working closely with legal technologists to conduct internal investigations remotely, and has conducted a large number of interviews remotely, using various techniques to ensure their effectiveness.
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Quinton has been practicing in investigations work for over 15 years. Whilst at the independent bar he regularly advised the police and other officers, financial investigators, and prosecution lawyers upon criminal investigations, and acted as a trial advocate / attorney for the Crown Prosecution Service and Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office, amongst other prosecution agencies. During this period, he prosecuted serious fraud and money laundering, and he also gained significant experience before the higher courts.
Since joining Fulcrum, Quinton has led teams responsible for the criminal defence of both individuals and companies – including large multinationals, such as ALSTOM and ENRC, facing SFO investigations.
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Deploying his specialist financial crime experience of over 15 years, Quinton has advised a number of start-ups, SME’s and multinationals – including listed companies – on their ESG and Compliance programmes, with a particular focus on financial crime compliance. Such experience has included leading a team engaged to put in place and execute UK anti-bribery ‘adequate procedures’ within the meaning of the Bribery Act 2010. Quinton has also advised regulated and non-regulated sector companies on the UK SAR regime, and delivered compliance training to businesses including an international law firm.
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Quinton has been practicing in criminal prosecutions work for over 15 years. Prior to joining Fulcrum in 2013, Quinton was a member of the independent bar for 8 years, where he both prosecuted and defended, and during which time he spent time on secondment with Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office. Throughout his time at the bar, Quinton advised investigators and prosecution lawyers in relation to criminal prosecutions. Since joining Fulcrum, Quinton has gained experience of managing multidisciplinary teams, which have incorporated experience investigators – both former SFO investigators and senior police officers – in addition to forensic accountants.
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Quinton has significant experience in the field of mining, having represented mining companies, as well as senior executives, in relation to some of the largest SFO investigations in that sector, including ENRC and Rio Tinto. He also regularly advises mining clients on white collar compliance issues, including in relation to money laundering, bribery and corruption, and fraud.
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Quinton has significant experience in the field of oil and gas, having represented oil and gas companies in the context of both large-scale international arbitration and criminal investigation.
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Quinton has acquired considerable experience in providing white collar compliance advice, conducting internal investigations, and defending in criminal proceedings in the engineering, infrastructure, and transport sector. This has provided him with a very good understanding of the relevant procurement processes involved in the sector, and the potential areas where such processes can be open to abuse. His advice has ranged from designing and implementing ‘adequate procedures’ to prevent bribery and corruption for an engineering company, through to defending a large engineering company as counsel in criminal proceedings brought by the SFO.
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Quinton has significant expertise in the defence & aerospace sector and advises clients in relation to a variety of white collar and compliance matters.
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Quinton has significant experience in the extractives sector, having represented mining and oil & gas companies, as well as senior executives, in relation to some of the largest SFO investigations in that sector, including ENRC and Rio Tinto. He also regularly advises extractives clients on white collar compliance issues, including in relation to money laundering, bribery and corruption, and fraud.
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