< Barrister List

Michael Bowes QC

Called to bar 1980
Date of Silk 2001

Clerk Stephen Somerville Tel: 020 7353 6381
Email Michael Bowes
vCard Michael Bowes

Michael specialises in financial regulatory work, in particular insider dealing, asset recovery, banking regulation, and commercial crime including civil fraud Court of Appeal casework. This covers work in the UK and at international level, linking with our Middle East and New York teams of specialist attorneys and includes arbitration work.

He was instructed by the FSA in its first criminal prosecution for insider dealing (R v McQuoid and Melbourne) which was tried in 2009 at Southwark Crown Court. Both defendants were convicted. He is instructed by the FSA in a further insider dealing prosecution, R. v. McFall, Rimmington & King, which will be tried at Southwark Crown Court in 2010. He is also instructed by the FSA in a substantial investigation into an insider dealing ring.
He lectures for Lexis Nexis on the topics of financial services regulation, corporate crime, asset recovery, cartels, the Bribery act, and banking regulation. He is a contributing author to the latest Lexis Nexis financial services book "Financial Services Law & Regulation", which is available from February 2010.
Direct Access qualified

Areas of practice
Public Law, Financial Services, Fraud and Extradition, Discipline and Regulatory, Health & Safety, Public Access 

What the Directories say

Michael is listed as a ‘leader at the Bar' for Banking and Finance, Fraud (Crime) and Crime in Legal 500 (2009), Financial Services and Fraud (Crime) in Chambers UK (2009) and Fraud (Crime) in Legal Experts (2008).

Legal 500
He is "arguably the pre-eminent silk for market abuse". (2009)
He is "absolutely fantastic - wonderful with clients". (2008)

Chambers UK
He "...is held in high esteem for being "thoroughly prepared at all times.". Interviewees distinguish him on account of his having "a sixth sense with regard to understanding what goes on in the regulators' minds" and is ‘an efficient team player who pays real attention to detail and is extremely sympathetic with clients'."