Gareth Rees QC
1981
(QC 2003)
Practice
Specialising in:
Please click on the headings above for the details of Gareth’s recent cases in each individual area.
Gareth’s practice is primarily concerned with advisory, regulatory, disciplinary and trial work in corporate and financial crime as well as defending in cases of serious crime. Cases have ranged from conspiracy to defraud, corporate bribery, market abuse and many other offences relating to companies and company directors. He has advised the Attorney General in the Isle of Man and in Jersey on issues relating to extradition, overseas corruption and money laundering and has recently advised an off-shore jurisdiction on the extension of its extradition law.
His regulatory work also takes him further afield into comparable arenas and he has appeared in police, medical, barrister, accountancy and sports tribunals.
Appointments
2009 - Appointed to the Board of Educational Advisers of the Jersey International Business School (JIBS).
Legal Directories
Gareth Rees QC is ranked for his criminal and fraud(criminal) work in the current edition of the Chambers & Partners and for his fraud(criminal) work in the Legal 500.
Conferences and Professional Training
He has written and lectured widely on a variety of subjects. Most recently he has lectured on international corruption and money laundering in the UK, Europe and Jersey.
Early Career
Before coming to the Bar, Gareth worked for a Canadian Law firm when he qualified in 1979.