Profiles

Eve Giles

Solicitor

Eve was called to the bar in 1999 and joined Kingsley Napley in 2000, qualifying as a solicitor in 2001.

Eve specialises in acting in cases involving business and general crime, extradition, corruption and cartels.

She has acted for individuals and prosecution witnesses in a variety of Serious Fraud Office investigations into alleged fraud, money laundering, misleading OFWAT and Company Act offences. Eve also acted in the recent 'cash for honours' inquiry.  She is currently acting in a number of corruption investigations and recently met with the OECD Working Group in relation to the UK's approach to prosecuting foreign corruption.

Eve is acting for an individual in the Office of Fair Trading prosecution into alleged criminal cartel price fixing activities under the Enterprise Act in relation to British Airway's passenger fuel surcharge.

She is a member of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) team at Kingsley Napley and acted for an individual from AIT in the FSA's first criminal prosecution under section 397 FSMA 2000 for misleading the market. 

Eve is a member of the steering committee of the Extradition Lawyers Association.  She advises individuals facing extradition proceedings and lectures on extradition law. She is astute to the potential threats to individuals whose multi-national business interests may leave them vulnerable to criminal investigations in foreign jurisdictions, including by the US Department of Justice. 

Eve also regularly represents suspects at the police station and has acted for individuals in a broad range of general criminal prosecutions including murder, rape, other sexual offences, harassment, theft and assault.  She also has experience in public inquiries, having been part of the Kingsley Napley team representing the Master of the Bowbelle in the Marchioness Inquiry.

Further information

• Diploma in French Law, Universite de Pantheon-Assas, Paris 2
  

Publications

• Wrote the new chapter 5 on Corruption in 'Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure', April 2008.
• Contributed to the response of the Law Society's Intellectual Property working party to the 'European Parliament and Council Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights'.
• Contributed to the LCCSA's response to the Sentencing Advisory Panel's paper on ‘Sentencing for Fraud Offences'.

Clients have commented that Eve is:

'incredibly organised and in my experience, extremely professional. One thing that stood out was her empathy with the situation I found myself in and her genuine interest in me as a person and not just a client - to me that was very important but Eve still retained a professional approach when advising me.... I think it is the way she conveys difficult advice that stands out.... While I would never want to repeat the experience I went through, if it did happen I would choose Eve to represent me. I would not hesitate to recommend KN and specifically Eve to anyone who needed legal support.'