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VIEW ALLLegal 500 2023Hard working and bright, Jen Harper is proving herself in the engine room of the team; she is talented and astute and deploys good attention to detail, which ensures that private prosecutions ... remain on the right course.
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Jennifer Harper is an experienced criminal lawyer, specialising in financial crime and regulatory investigations, including those conducted by the Serious Fraud Office, Crown Prosecution Service, Trading Standards, and local authorities.
Jennifer defends clients in fraud and other white-collar crime investigations. She advises clients at all stages of the investigation, providing straightforward, strategic advice for both corporate and individual clients. She has experience of advising clients in responding to production orders, Section 2 Notices issued by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the submission of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the National Crime Agency (NCA), and cash forfeiture proceedings.
Jennifer has experience of advising corporate clients in relation to private prosecutions, having both defended and prosecuted complex, multi-jurisdictional, frauds and other offences.
She also advises corporate clients on regulatory investigations involving local authorities, Trading Standards, the Advertising Standards Agency, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, and the Food Standards Agency.
Jennifer undertakes defence work on behalf of solicitors' firms and individual solicitors facing investigation by the SRA.
She represents high-net-worth individuals in general crime matters concerning serious allegations of sexual and physical assault.
Jennifer is a member of the Private Prosecutors' Association, Young Fraud Lawyers Association and Female Fraud Forum.
- Acted for an iconic worldwide brand taking a private prosecution against counterfeiters in the UK.
- Advised the CEO of a PLC in relation to allegations of fraud and misleading the market.
- Advised various developers and landlords on criminal investigations by local authorities for breaches of planning law.
- Represented a high-net-worth individual on multiple allegations of historic physical abuse.
- Listed as Rising Star, Fraud: White-Collar Crime, Legal 500 UK 2024
- Listed as Rising Star, Private Prosecutions, Legal 500 UK 2024
- "Jen Harper is a senior associate who is always the best informed in the room." Legal 500 UK 2024
- "Jennifer Harper has a good reputation." Legal 500 UK 2024
- "Jennifer Harper – an outstanding associate who combines intelligence, diligence and judgment in equal measure." Legal 500 UK 2024
- "Ian Ryan, Kyle Phillips, and Jen Harper are excellent and know this field inside out." Legal 500 UK 2024
- Ranked Associate to watch, Financial Crime: Corporates, Chambers UK 2024
- Ranked Associate to watch, Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions, Chambers UK 2024
- "She is bright and really thinks about her cases. She listens, goes away to think and comes back with interesting perspectives." Chambers UK 2024
- "Jennifer is very hard-working and dedicated, and has a calm and methodical way she approaches the work." Chambers UK 2024
- "She is extremely bright and very hard-working, and has gained considerable experience in financial crime. She has excellent judgement." Chambers UK 2024
- "Jennifer is extremely bright, has excellent judgement and is a star of the future." Chambers UK 2024
- "Jennifer's level of detail and recall is exemplary. She communicates her point of view effectively and has been great to work with." Chambers UK 2024
- Ranked Associate to watch, Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals, Chambers HNW 2023
- "Jennifer Harper is a future star; she has what it takes to be a top-tier partner in the future." Chambers HNW 2023
- Listed as Key Lawyer, Crime, fraud and licensing: Crime: general, Legal 500 2023
- Listed as Key Lawyer, Crime, fraud and licensing: Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals), Legal 500 2023
- ''Jennifer Harper was knowledgeable, professional and always willing to listen and address my concerns. In many ways she was able to pre-empt my next question because of her experience.'' Legal 500 2023
- ''Hard working and bright, Jen Harper is proving herself in the engine room of the team; she is talented and astute and deploys good attention to detail, which ensures that private prosecutions Howard Kennedy bring remain on the right course.'' Legal 500 2023
- Ranked, Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals, Chambers HNW 2022
- "Jennifer Harper is a star in the making, a senior associate who knows the case inside out and is always thinking about the best angle." Chambers HNW 2022
- "She is one to look out for, she's a really good lawyer. She's excellent and abreast of all the facts of a particular case." Chambers HNW 2022
- Listed as Key Lawyer, Fraud: White-Collar Crime, Legal 500 2022
- "Jen Harper is a very good associate." Legal 500 2022
