Partner
Shaul Brazil
“He is extremely committed, very bright and is able to get to the heart of a case very quickly. He has an excellent rapport with clients and is exceptionally hard-working.”
Chambers UK
Shaul is a partner at BCL specialising in business crime and regulatory enforcement. Recommended in Chambers UK, Chambers HNW and The Legal 500, he is also ranked as an expert in Who’s Who Legal (Business Crime Defence and Investigations) and is listed by Global Investigations Review as one of the world’s leading young investigations specialists.
Shaul specialises in acting for individuals and companies in complex cross-border matters. He has extensive experience advising on multi-jurisdictional corruption and fraud investigations, asset recovery proceedings (in the UK and overseas), and extradition proceedings (in particular, politically motivated requests). He has acted in numerous high-profile investigations and prosecutions brought by the SFO and many other UK and overseas enforcement authorities.
Shaul also has broad experience acting in ancillary matters such as judicial review proceedings, FCA investigations and applications to Interpol for the deletion of notices or diffusions. He advises companies in relation to regulatory and criminal law issues such as anti-bribery and corruption and anti-money laundering compliance, data protection and responding to requests for assistance in law enforcement investigations.
Shaul studied Business Administration at the University of Bath. He was called to the Bar in 2003 and joined BCL as an employed barrister in 2007. He was admitted to partnership in January 2013.
Publications:
- The Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Review (Law Business Research)
- Serious Economic Crime: A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance (Serious Fraud Office)
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to Business Crime (Global Legal Group)
- Who’s Who Legal: Business Crime Defence (Legal Business research)
- Expert Guide: Fraud and White Collar Crime (Corporate LiveWire)
Professional Memberships:
- International Bar Association (Member of the Criminal Law Committee)
- Fraud Lawyers Association
- Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum
- Extradition Lawyers Association
- Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association
What the directories have said:
“Shaul is very competent in a number of skillsets, not just POCA, and understands the civil or criminal implications. He understands the crazy high level of consequence and works with very high-value clients as well. A colleague very positively advocated his skills. I would think he could be up in the rankings. His POCA skill is diluted in other stuff he does, but what he does is exemplary.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“Shaul is a lively and energetic practitioner. He does a lot of international cases and quite a few where his clients based overseas have an overseas problem and UK problem.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“He is fantastic and is a stellar lawyer. He is capable of conducting the highest profile and commercial cases, in both civil and criminal courts.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“He has very professional client interactions. From what I could see, he was really good and quick and client feedback was also very good, even though it was a difficult case. Shaul is very quick and to the point and comes to the right conclusion very quickly in my view.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“Clients find him reassuring and I trust him when he says things will be OK. He is very charismatic and is very able to handle clients in the right way. Furthermore, he has a very accurate approach to his work and is a complete expert in the areas of law he deals with.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“He is a great lawyer and is able to coordinate teams in multiple jurisdictions to achieve the best result for a client.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“Shaul is a very well-respected individual. He has a well-deserved reputation.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“He is pushing forward the work there. He had a really good string of Russian extradition cases. He was phenomenal on a recent case and is really well established. He is also one of the most determined people I have met, full stop. He’s incredibly tenacious in cases and really cares about the details. He’s a good team player but independently knows everything about the case.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“Shaul is extremely energetic, conscientious and a delight to work with. He is always been hardworking and good with clients.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“He is very charismatic and is very able to handle clients in the right way. Furthermore, he has a very accurate approach to his work and is a complete expert in the areas of law he deals with.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“He is one of the most determined individuals I have ever met. Incredibly tenacious in all cases and someone who really cares about detail.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“He is a good team player but independently, knows everything about the case. He is phenomenal.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“Shaul is able to coordinate teams in multiple jurisdictions to achieve the best result for his clients.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“Shaul Brazil is excellent. He is very reassuring in stressful and distressing situations.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“Shaul is very good with clients.”
Chambers UK, 2023
“Shaul Brazil is an excellent lawyer, who is tactically astute and focused on the client. He deliver great outcomes.”
Legal 500, 2023
“Shaul Brazil: Extremely hard working and responsive. Always on top of a matter. Anoushka Warlow: A rising star. While obsessed with the details, she never looses sight of the bigger picture.”
Legal 500, 2023
“He’s looking not just at matters from the UK but also lots of problem solving for multi-jurisdictional issues that touch on HNW individuals and tightly controlled corporates and entities. He’s an extraordinarily pragmatic thinker and a highly versatile man.”
Chambers HNW, 2022
“Shaul is extremely committed to the client’s cause. He never gives up and always tries to find the best solution to any problem.”
Chambers UK, 2022
“Shaul is very smart, creative, and never loses sight of the bigger picture.” … “An energetic and sharp-minded practitioner who is totally focused on the case.”
Chambers UK, 2022
“He is extremely good and fights cases extremely hard – you couldn’t really hope for a more committed defence solicitor if you were in trouble.”
Chambers UK, 2022
“We think particularly highly of Shaul Brazil. He is fantastic. He provides very clear and direct advice, he’s really enthusiastic and passionate about what he does.”
Chambers UK, 2022
“He is tenacious and clever. He gets to the heart of an issue very quickly. He has both enormous energy and enormous talent.”
Chambers Insights, 2022
“Shaul is thorough, solution-oriented, extremely responsive and committed to the client’s cause. He never gives up and always tries to find the best solution to a problem. Shaul is experienced at handling [a certain type of case], and he evaluates every aspect in a very fair manner, which enables him to be very persuasive. He has the ability to perceive and adapt files to suit the audience. Common sense is Shaul’s strength, and he is a very convincing figure.”
Chambers Insights, 2022
“Shaul Brazil has great experience and is energetic, sharp-minded and totally focused to the case.” … “He has sound judgement and is a strong criminal practitioner.”
Chambers Insights, 2022
“Shaul Brazil is an excellent lawyer with the ability to come right to the point and find the solution for the client quickly.”
The Legal 500, 2021
“Shaul is thorough, extremely responsive and solution-oriented and extremely committed to the client’s cause. He never gives up and always tries to find the best solution to any problem during a long play trial. He is experienced in handling multi-jurisdictional white-collar cases. He evaluates all aspects of the case in a very fair approach, which enables him to be very persuasive when he appears before the judicial and other competent authorities.”
The Legal 500, 2021
“… sharp-minded, with great experience.”
“He is an intelligent, hard-working lawyer with great commerciality.” “He is knowledgeable, experienced and confident, and he instils confidence in you that you are in a safe pair of hands.”
Chambers UK, 2021
“… his ability to hold everything together with complete control during complex proceedings is really excellent.”
“He is on top of the details in a way that is really quite astonishing,”
“He always thinks outside of the box, which makes people think of him as one of the leading future stars of the profession.”
“He is extremely tenacious and clearly cares a lot about his clients, who feel they have a fighter in their corner.”
Chambers UK, 2020
“… one of the Premier League of financial crime lawyers in the country,”
“He is a ferocious defender. He is very clever and very strategic.”
“… he knows the case inside and out, he knows every single document – he is remarkable.”
Chambers HNW, 2020
“… he is tenacious and extremely effective, with experience beyond his years in serious fraud and related proceedings.”
“He is extremely clever and determined and manages to get on top of extremely difficult cases very quickly.”
“He has an excellent rapport with clients and is exceptionally hard-working.”
Chambers UK, 2019
“… he can grasp commercial issues very quickly and he is very capable of thinking on his feet. He’s dealt with really quite unusual and compelling cases.”
Chambers HNW, 2018
“… a very vigorous defence of clients” and “a work rate second to none.”
Chambers UK, 2017
“He is very good at focusing in at the crux of the matter so the problem is dealt with.”
Chambers HNW, 2017
“… staunch defender of his clients who has a clever tactical eye”
The Legal 500, 2017