Professional Profile
Dan qualified as a solicitor in 1993. After training in the West End and City he specialised in Criminal Litigation and Family Law establishing Hyde?s, a niche firm, in 1997. Dan was the principal partner at Hyde?s for over a decade, handling high profile cases including the largest criminal investigation in Lancashire Constabulary?s history, Bristol?s biggest murder case and the UK?s most sophisticated mobile phone fraud. He is a member of the Very High Cost Case Panel (VHCC) for complex crime and applies a pragmatic, client focused approach to solving client problems in the fields of corporate (fraud & regulatory) and white collar/business crime & commercial fraud.

Dan?s recent cases include HM Revenue and Customs prosecutions, Financial Services Authority investigations, (RCJ) high value civil fraud, complex copyright, trademark, security circumvention action and (Crown Court) price fixing/fraud on NHS Primary Care Trust.

Dan has been interviewed by ITV (London Tonight-Ronnie Biggs release), BBC News 24 (MP?s expenses claims and the law) BBC News Channel (insider dealing & FSA enforcement policies and new guidelines on assisted suicide) and Radio 5 Live (insider dealing and new guidelines on assisted suicide). His comments/articles on law and legal developments are regularly quoted in the press (The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Financial Times, US Reuters, Bloomberg, City AM) and legal publications ( The Lawyer, Butterworths Lexis Nexis, Compliance Monthly, Corporate International).

Dan was the Business Crime Lawyer of the Year for 2010 (Corporate International 2010 winner).