Tanveer Qureshi

Tanveer was one the first lawyers granted full rights of audience before the Astana International Financial Courts. He travels frequently to Kazakhstan and has advised and assisted board members of the AIFC during key phases of its development. 

Tanveer has advised both companies and individuals in Kazakhstan. in 2016, he was asked to assist KazMunayGas, a state-owned oil and gas company on regulatory issues. 

Tanveer maintains close connections with a number of local law firms both in Astana and Almaty and has participated in a number of lectures and seminars in Khazakstan on corporate crime, ant-money laundering and bribery alongside compliance and regulatory issues. 

Tanveer is a member of the British-Kazak society.

Tanveer's financial crime practice involves prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA and HMRC investigation, where typically the allegations concern money laundering, fraud and other crimes of dishonesty.

Tanveer is experienced in providing advice for commercial clients where companies and other organisations are confronted by fraud and/or come into contact with regulators or with the Criminal Justice System. He has spoken at seminars with City firms, banks and commercial clients on the Bribery Act and Finance Act 2007.

Tanveer also has experience of advising and acting in respect of individual and company insolvency and has acted for a director in contested company director disqualification proceedings.

Tanveer has provided training on POCA to professionals within the banking industry.

Tanveer has considerable experience in cash forfeiture cases, he is usually instructed at an early stage in the proceedings and can assist with preparing and presenting at forfeiture hearings.

Recent matters include:

• Defence of Hedge Fund company director alleged to have laundered £20M as part of a large-scale company fraud

• Defence of Defendant alleged to have been part of a PONZI scheme involving a former city solicitor.

• Defence of £10M fraud involving an American Maritime company

• Representing a company in negotiation in respect of a potential DPA

Tanveer has spoken at seminars with City firms, banks and commercial clients on the Bribery Act and Finance Act 2007.

Tanveer has been listed in Legal 500 and recommended as a barrister in financial crime.

Tanveer acts for clients in proceedings before a diverse range of disciplinary tribunals; past examples include those governing accountants, teachers, solicitors and health care professionals.

Tanveer successfully represented a number of teachers involved in the Birmingham ‘Trojan Horse’ investigation. BBC News.

Tanveer has appeared on behalf of solicitors before the SRA. He has acted for solicitors in cases involving allegations of incompetence and dishonesty. Love Wapping News.

Tanveer advises the British and Irish Boxing Board on a number of regulatory and licensing matters.

He has also advised a number of former boxing champions including a former light-light-welterweight champion and a former weatherwight champion

Tanveer is currently involved in proceedings with the British Board of Boxing on behalf of a professional boxer concerning licensing issues (Instructed by Messrs Howard Kennedy).

• Claimant (Public Body) represented by Moon Beaver solicitors claiming £3M fraud arising from Wrongful and fraudulent trading allegation – settled for £1M

• Claimant (Private company) represented by Eversheds solicitors claiming civil fraud arising from an abuse of position – ongoing

• Claimant (Private company) represented by Dechert Solicitors claiming civil fraud arising following WW Freezing Order Injunction

• Successful contested WW Freezing Order Injunction in High Court against HMRC

• Ongoing advise concerning United Nations Sanction freezing client’s bank account 

• Allegation of fraud against company director arising from an allegation of abuse of position – R v C, Southwark CC, value £2M, 7-week trial,

• Representing director of an Investment company involving an allegation of £20M fraud

• Acted for a defendant in an International money laundering conspiracy concerning a £10M hospital project in Democratic Republic of Congo

• Representing a defendant alleged to have laundered over £10M arising from drug smuggling

• MHRA v Pennington – Lead counsel in a multimillion pound and substantial international conspiracy concerning the distribution of fake Viagra

• R -v- Pemberton – on-going, multimillion pound mortgage fraud

• R v Dada – HSBC fraud. Large scale conspiracy between bank employees and organised criminal gang to access internal bank accounts

• R v Mahmood, banking fraud involving international money laundering

• R v Emu – Match.com, users of match.com were deceived into handing over hundreds of thousands of pounds by other users using false aliases

• R v Ajibola – lead counsel in fraud involving the Gumtree and Harrods website, conspirators used malware to access bank accounts

• R v Davies - large scale fraud on the official receiver during bankruptcy proceedings

• R v Jabber - match.com fraud similar to R v Emu in which users of match.com were deceived into handing over hundreds of thousands of pounds by other users using false aliases Virgin Media private prosecution involving fraudulent use of set top boxes

• R v Abraham - multi-million mortgage fraud, mortgage brokers falsified applications for mortgages in order to obtain funds

• R v Rahman – Large scale immigration fraud in which solicitors and immigration advisors falsified application to facilitate entry to the UK

Tanveer has considerable experience in cash forfeiture cases, he is usually instructed at an early stage in the proceedings and can assist with preparing and presenting at forfeiture hearings.

In relation to asset forfeiture, Tanveer is frequently asked to lecture on the topic both domestically and internationally. Tanveer was recently instructed to defend against the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) first attempt to apply for Account Freezing Orders (AFO).

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• Successfully defended an Account Freezing Order arising from a charity investigation

• Successfully obtained a variation to an Account Freezing Order to pay for living expenses and legal fees 

• Secured release of £180,000 following a section 298 forfeiture application by the police (cash detention)

Recent sample cases:

• Acted for a CEO of large recycling company in a prosecution which as the first ever prosecution contrary to the EU Transfrontier Shipping Regulations

• Acted for a director in relation to a prosecution concerning his company’s failure to identify the presence of asbestos

• Acted for directors of a company as a result of the company’s failure to comply with an enforcement notice for its landfill site

• Advised companies on the effect of the Timber Regulations 2013

• R v P, Director alleged to have breached his SIA licence • Breach of HM licences

Instructed in a variety of high-profile terrorist cases and other organised crime prosecutions. Recent sample cases:

• R v KABBAR – dissemination of terrorist publication, 22 counts contrary to Section 2 of the 2006 Act and allegation of fundraising for a terrorist purpose

• R v Anjem Choudhary and Misnar Rahman – question of whether the defendant encouraged support of a proscribed organisation

• R v LF, Breach of TPIM (ongoing)

• R v Jaman – dissemination of terrorist publication over twitter concerned with encouraging people to travel to Syria and support ISIS

• R v Brooks – first ever prosecution contrary to Counter Terrorist Act 2008

• R v Essay – similar case as above: concerned with encouraging people to travel to Syria and support ISIS

• R v Ali – Syrian Aid convey / fraud allegations – on-going

• R v Benares – D charged with S.58 offences, FIRST EVER successful submission that publication known as 39 ways does not fall within ambit of s.58 R v Fadi – D charged with S.58 allegation concerned with the inspire publication – acquitted of two counts

• R v Raham, conspiracy to bomb stock exchange – terrorist conspiracy

• R v Malik – D charged with s.57 and s.58 allegations – convictions quashed on appeal

• R v Brooks – prosecution concerning fundraising for a terrorist purposes, when monies were raised to arm insurgents in Fullajah, Iraq

• R v Chowdhury – public order matters concerning Danish Cartoon

Tanveer is involved in multiple, ongoing health and safety cases. The cases below are an example of Tanveer’s practice over the 18 or so months.

• Acted the director before the Crown Court in relation to an allegation that he was the PC in connection with the CDM Regulations

• Acted for corporate and director in connection with a fatal accident at a construction site, the matter was litigated before the Crown Court

• Advised a corporate in relation to a fatality arising from the delivery of glass sheets at a construction – ongoing litigation before the Crown Court

• Represented a director before the Magistrates court in relation to a work at height accident

• Acted for the director of a hotel in relation to allegation of fire order breaches

• Advised the director of a large leisure facility in relation to HSE breach notifications

• Represented the owner of a restaurant in relation to allegation of food safety breaches – the matter was litigated before the Crown Court

• Acted for a restaurant in relation to a sentencing hearing following a guilty plea to Food Hygiene offences

• Acted for the principal partner of an accountant’s firm in relation to environmental offences concerning the disposal of confidential waste