Stan Reiz KC
- Recorder (2018)
Co-authored article in the Compliance, Ethics and Sustainability Journal entitled: “EU v UK: AML and CTF evolutionary changes under scrutiny. Who will come out on top? (2024) which included a commentary on the likely impact of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
- Criminal Bar Association
- Fraud Lawyers Association
- “Stan’s advocacy in the higher courts and appeal courts is superb. He has an answer for everything.” Chambers & Partners 2025 (Financial Crime)
- “Stan goes from strength to strength, rapidly becoming one of the standout performers at the Bar. He has exceptional ability and an easy courtroom manner.” Chambers & Partners 2025 (Financial Crime)
- “He is an excellent advocate, who has a fantastic voice and a command of the courtroom.” Chambers & Partners 2025 (Financial Crime)
- “Stan is a very versatile practitioner and thinks outside the box. He is very reassuring to vulnerable clients and is a flawless jury advocate” Chambers & Partners 2025 (Crime)
- “A methodical and outstanding jury advocate. His legal arguments are well considered and he is tactically astute. He frequently obtains outstanding results for clients and he has a wonderful manner with them” Legal 500 2025 (Fraud)
- “Stan oozes calm confidence and has a painstaking attention to detail. Legal 500 2025 (Crime)
- “Clients are assured by his measured demeanour and his guidance and explanations which make the most complex legal issues understandable by all.” Legal 500 2025 (Crime)
- “Stan is outstanding. He has an innate ability to connect with clients, with family and equally with witnesses.” Chambers & Partners 2024 (Financial Crime)
- “An expert in his field and a master of his craft, Stan Reiz is not only exceptionally knowledgeable but graceful and firm in his approach.” Chambers & Partners 2024 (Crime)
- “He’s got an amazing presence that captivates the jury.” Chambers & Partners 2024 (Crime)
- “He formulates finely structured and reasoned legal arguments – he’s just phenomenal.” Chambers & Partners 2024 (Crime)
- “Stan is a brilliant trial barrister. He is excellent with clients and gets great results.” Chambers & Partners 2023 (Financial Crime)
- “He navigates his clients through choppy waters, and even when facing the most adverse of circumstances he remains calm and reassuring.” Chambers & Partners 2023 (Crime)
- “Stan is a mastermind. Intelligent and quick to respond on his feet in the courtroom. You will struggle to compete with his advocacy.” Legal 500 2023 (Fraud)
- “Stan is a formidable advocate with a very soothing tone, which makes him stand out.” Legal 500 2023 (Crime)
- “A formidable advocate who is well-respected and well-regarded in the industry. A top-drawer silk who is unfazed under pressure. He is a great tactician.” Legal 500 2022 (Fraud)
- “Stan has a methodical approach to analysing evidence. He is able to explain the law with such ease to clients and jurors which makes him so desirable to instruct as he will get results.” Legal 500 2022 (Crime)
- “Stan’s legal knowledge is exceptional meaning that he is well respected by Judges and other professionals in the field.” Legal 500 2022 (Crime)
- “A highly intellectual barrister. He engages well with clients and the jury and is well respected among the judiciary.” Chambers & Partners 2022 (Crime)
Instructing Stan Reiz KC
To instruct Stan or for any further information please contact our clerks on +44 (0)20 7440 8888 or clerks@2br.co.uk.
Stan Reiz KC is ranked as a leading criminal silk by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Doyle’s Guide. His practice comprises cases of the highest level of seriousness and complexity, including homicide, fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking and sexual offences.
Mr Reiz KC’s recent cases include: representing Axel Rudakubana in connection with the murder of 3 young girls in Southport; defending Niall Barry in the Ashley Dale murder; acting for a man acquitted of murder following a group attack in a café; representing a man acquitted of murdering a cannabis ‘gardener’; defending a man acquitted of the murder of a teenager following a collision between a car and two motorbikes; acting for a military police officer acquitted of rape and sexual assault; representing an author acquitted of rape; securing a suspended sentence for a company director who pleaded guilty to a £93 million fraud; defending a woman accused of involvement in a $170 million international cryptocurrency money laundering arrangement; and successfully representing an interested party in confiscation proceedings associated with £20 million of cryptocurrency.
Mr Reiz KC has also represented a defendant acquitted of murder, manslaughter and wounding before the Grand Court in the Cayman Islands.
Practice Areas
Stan Reiz KC’s practice includes defending in a wide spectrum of financial crime cases including:
- Money laundering utilising cryptocurrency trades
- Breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations
- Mis-selling of investments
- Bribery
- Offences under the Financial Services Act 2012
- Large scale commercial and residential mortgage fraud
- Tax fraud by corporate bodies and individuals
He has represented defendants prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
Notable Fraud and Money Laundering Cases
R v S
International money laundering arrangement involving an alleged $170 million in cryptocurrency trades executed in the UK, UAE, Ukraine and Iran.
Royal Mail v M
Company director received suspended sentence following guilty plea to £93 million fraud committed over a 9 year period using a network of companies offering postal services to businesses by mail consolidation.
R v S
Head of an organised crime group accused of conspiring to evade millions of pounds in duty on tobacco by smuggling cigarettes into the UK using a legitimate food importation business as a cover.
R v C
High profile case of doctor sentenced to 3 years 4 months custody following guilty plea to £1.1 million breach of trust theft from a healthcare company he was a director of. Following early legal advice, confiscation proceedings were avoided as he succeeded in recovering the stolen funds from gambling companies.
R v X
High net worth property developer acquitted of Cheating the Public Revenue out of millions of pounds in income and capital gains tax.
R v M
Company director accused of defrauding investors in diamonds.
R v M
Company director accused of conspiring to commit fraud by promoting a fraudulent payday loans investment scheme.
R v C
Shadow director alleged to have operated a £15 million international money laundering operation through FOREX trades.
R v S
Defendant acquitted of being concerned in the evasion of £3.4 million of duty on imported alcohol.
R v D
Director of a consumer goods company acquitted of fraudulently evading VAT, corporation tax and fraud.
R v M
Accountant prosecuted for a £5 million debt collection fraud on high net worth associates.
FCA v M
Managing director of a PLC and practicing doctor prosecuted by FCA for mis-selling shares in a primary healthcare company operating in the UK and Dubai.
R v S
Shadow director accused of orchestrating an £8 million investment fraud associated with the sale of rare earth metals.
R v C
Highly publicised case of a former model accused of committing a £1.2 million property fraud with her mother from Dubai.
R v L
Successful representation of a company director against a charge of conspiracy to defraud Barclays of £40 million.
R v G
Mortgage broker charged with a multi-million pound conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud involving over 80 properties.
R v S
VAT inspector and her husband accused of cheating the public revenue and mortgage fraud acquitted of fraud counts by a jury.
R v G
15 defendants accused of involvement in £35 million international money laundering arrangement.
R v M
Director of an escrow company accused of breaching the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 by transferring approximately £10 million from MTIC fraud to third parties. Following a late guilty plea, a suspended sentence was imposed. Successfully argued at confiscation that his benefit from criminal conduct was £27,000, not £10 million.
R v E
Money laundering of the proceeds of a multi-million pound advance fee fraud investigated by the FBI.
R v A
Company director acquitted of conspiring to defraud HBOS.
R v S
Multi-million pound fine wine investment fraud.
Mr Reiz KC regularly acts for defendants accused of offences connected to serious organised crime such as large scale conspiracies to import controlled drugs and firearms.
Notable Crime Cases
R v W
Head of organised crime group involved in the importation of approximately one tonne of class A drugs and firearms.
R v D
Conspiracy to supply 100kgs of class A drugs.
R v G
Large scale Encrochat utilising conspiracy to supply class A drugs over a 3 year period.
R v H
Organiser of a ‘Breaking Bad’ cocaine smuggling operation resulting in 350kgs of cocaine being imported into the UK on lorries under the cover of a sham poultry distribution company.
R v C
Businessman acquitted of blackmailing an employee.
R v S
‘Rip on/rip off’ conspiracy to import 100kgs of cocaine using corrupt baggage handlers.
R v MC
Defendant acquitted of kidnapping and torture of two men with a stun gun and a blow torch.
R v M
19 defendants charged with the commercial supply of firearms and ammunition. Leading authority on sentence for the offence of transferring firearms.
R v AM
Prisoner serving extended sentence of imprisonment at HMP Wandsworth accused of orchestrating the importation of machine guns and ammunition from prison.
R v S
Shooting during an armed robbery.
R v A
Conspiracy to import over 100kgs of cocaine through a clearing agent in Heathrow. Indictment stayed as a result of an abuse of process after a 5 month trial due to conduct of prosecution.
R v CB
Defendant acquitted of arson which caused £4.5 million of damage to the M1 flyover.
R v M
Successful submission of no case to answer for a man accused of conspiring to rob Graffs Diamonds of £40 million worth of jewellery.
Stan Reiz KC defends clients accused of all varieties of homicide offences, including murder committed with firearms, bladed articles, fire and by strangulation. He is experienced in analysing crime scene and pathology evidence, as well psychiatric evidence in cases in which the defences of diminished responsibility and loss of control apply.
Notable Murder & Manslaughter Cases
R v Axel Rudakubana
Murder of 3 young girls and attempted murder of 10 others at a Taylor Swift themed event in Southport. The defendant also admitted possessing a document likely to be useful to a person preparing an act of terrorism and production of a biological toxin (ricin).
R v S
5 month trial of 8 defendants accused of participating in a murder with a firearm in West London.
R v DCB
High profile case of a man convicted after a re-trial of attempting to murder his partner by throwing her down a disused well on his country estate. The prosecution case was that he only failed to do so because she was able to overpower him at the well.
R v D
Murder of a man in a drugs den.
R v L
Defendant acquitted of the murder of his wife after trial on the basis of loss of control.
R v G (Cayman Islands)
Defendant acquitted for murder, manslaughter and wounding following a double stabbing in a bar in Grand Cayman.
R v Niall Barry
Murder of Ashley Dale who was shot in her own home with a Skorpion sub-machine gun. The prosecution unusually relied upon hearsay evidence from voice notes and messages from the deceased’s phone sent prior to her death which implicated the defendant in the killing and in a conspiracy to murder her boyfriend.
R v B
Stabbing murder during a domestic argument.
R v I
Stabbing murder of a man on his doorstep. The jury rejected the prosecution case that the defendant brought the knife to the scene resulting in a 10 year reduction to the sentence starting point.
R v N
Murder committed by a group armed with acid, machetes and bats.
R v G
Defendant acquitted of murder, manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm after he drove his vehicle at more than double the speed limit in pursuit of 2 motorbikes carrying 5 teenagers and collided with them.
R v R
Defendant acquitted of the murder of a ‘gardener’ at a cannabis factory during a robbery.
R v W
Defendant acquitted of murder and manslaughter following a group attack on an 18 year old male in an internet café.
R v J
Attempted murder of a man and a 15 year old girl following a shooting at a bus stop. Defendant acquitted of the attempted murder of the girl following a ruling by the judge that the principle of transferred malice did not apply to inchoate offences.
R v M
Stabbing murder by a 15 year old boy against whom drill music lyrics were relied upon.
R v T
Defendant acquitted of murder and 2 counts of conspiracy to cause GBH after a 16 year old boy was killed on what was alleged to have been a ‘ride out’ involving 8 males carrying zombie knives. Gang evidence was relied upon in support of the motive for the murder.
R v C
Murder with a shotgun of a man in a taxi in an alleged revenge attack arising from a kidnapping.
R v G
Murder of a 16 year old boy in a group attack.
R v B
Defendant acquitted of murder and conspiracy to cause GBH following a 4 month trial of 9 defendants.
R v M
Defendant acquitted of the murder with a firearm of a property developer following a 4 month trial.
R v T
Hospital order imposed for the alleged murder of a patient at a care home after successfully demonstrating the defendant was unfit to plead notwithstanding expert evidence to the contrary called by the prosecution.
R v M
Murder with a firearm during a group attack on a man at his home.
R v D
Defendant acquitted of murder and manslaughter following a fatal shooting at Tottenham Cemetery.
R v J
Murder of a woman found in a house which had been set on fire. The case is an authority on the admission of hearsay evidence.
R v E
Defendant acquitted of attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life following a shooting in West London. The defendant was named by witnesses as the gunman, forensically linked to the gunman’s clothing and left the country after the shooting.
Stan Reiz KC has represented clients in cases involving all categories of sexual offences including rape, sexual assault, online offences involving children and making indecent images.
Notable serious sexual offences cases
R v S
Successfully defended a Royal Military Police Officer who was acquitted of rape and sexual assault by a Court Martial.
R v D
Successfully represented a man acquitted of two counts of rape. The prosecution offered no evidence after cross-examination of the complainant.
R v L
Successfully defended a man acquitted of the rape of his friend at his 21st birthday party.
R v H
Successfully defended author accused of rape. The prosecution offered no evidence after cross-examination of the complainant.
R v B
Community order imposed following guilty pleas to online child sex offences and making indecent images.
R v A
Suspended sentence imposed following guilty pleas to distributing indecent images of children.
R v S
Distribution of indecent images and attempting to incite sexual activity with children.
R v D
Defendant acquitted of raping a woman after a series of investigatory failures by the police were highlighted during cross-examination.
Stan Reiz KC has considerable experience in appearing before the Court of Appeal in both conviction and sentence appeals, including responding to references by the Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General.
Notable appeals cases
R v Gray [2022] EWCA Crim 1095
Successful appeal against sentence for the former Head of Finance at an international digital media company following his guilty plea to fraud. The appeal concerned the correct approach to calculating the value of a fraud for sentencing purposes.
R v Haque (Mohammed) [2020] 1 Cr App R 12; [2020] WLR (D) 49
Instructed for an Appellant who had been convicted of Acquiring Criminal Property. The Court of Appeal accepted that the prosecution had erred and as a matter of law, charged the wrong offence. Consequently, they had no choice but to quash the conviction. The prosecution’s application for a re-trial was also refused.
R v Sutherland [2019] EWCA Crim 987
Appeal against a 20 year sentence of imprisonment for conspiracy to import industrial quantities of cocaine using the rip on/rip off method executed by corrupt baggage handlers.
R v Greene (Courtnie Spencer) [2018] EWCA Crim 480
Appeal against sentence for kidnapping.
R v Akhtar [2018] EWCA Crim 378
Successful appeal against sentence for a mortgage broker convicted of mortgage fraud.
Attorney General's Reference, R v Parish & Redford [2017] EWCA 2064 (Crim) 2017 WL 06372088
Sentence for conspiracy to transfer 5 firearms and ammunition increased from 5 years to 7 years and 4 months, but Court rejected submission on behalf of A-G that the sentence should be increased further as full credit for plea should not have been allowed.
R v Ogden & Others [2016] 1 Cr.App.R. 29
Appeal against conviction relating to the meaning of “converting criminal property”. Represented 4 appellants. Successful appeal against sentence.
R v Sulal [2015]
Appeal against conviction based on the admission of bad character evidence.
R v Newell [2015]
Successful appeal against sentence in relation to offences of armed robbery and aggravated burglary.
R v Loveridge [2014] EWCA Crim 1209
Successful appeal against sentence in relation to a conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
R v Stewart [2013]
Successful appeal against sentence for drugs and firearms offences.
R v Jabbar [2013] EWCA Crim 801
Appeal against conviction for murder based on the admission of hearsay evidence.
R v CB [2012]
Prosecution appeal of a terminatory ruling following a successful submission of no case to answer for the appellant in a high profile trial of 10 defendants accused of arson to Apex Corner on the M1 motorway.
R v Marsh [2012] EWCA Crim 3190
Application of Sentencing Guidelines for offences of wounding.
Stan Reiz KC has advised and represented clients facing applications for multi-million pound confiscation orders. He has successfully argued disproportionality based on R v Waya principles resulting in significant reductions to the amounts of the confiscation orders made against his clients.
Mr Reiz has also, with the assistance of expert forensic accountants, secured considerable reductions to Prosecution calculations for both benefit and available amount in complex proceedings involving corporate bodies and individuals with extensive assets.
Notable confiscation cases
R v A
Successfully represented an interested party in confiscation proceedings against her husband following his conviction for conspiracy to produce anabolic steroids. The disputed assets concerned approximately £20 million held in cryptocurrency and properties.
R v S
Confiscation proceedings following guilty plea by landlord to breaching an enforcement notice issued in respect of one of his properties.
FCA v M
Complex confiscation proceedings arising from the prosecution of a company director under the Financial Services Act 2012.
R v CS
£3.6 million order sought by the Prosecution reduced to £14,000 following representations as to the law and fact.
R v MS
Alleged benefit from criminal conduct of £3.7 million reduced to £266,000 following written submissions being made on apportionment.
R v S
£1.35 million order sought by the Prosecution reduced to £37,000 following legal submissions on the calculation of benefit and proportionality.
R v M
£10 million order sought by the Prosecution reduced to £29,000 following representations on the relevant law.
SFO v W
Applications to reduce two confiscation orders to nil under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 due to inadequacy granted following a contested hearing. The argument concerned Spanish property and contract law.
R v W
Crown’s assessment of benefit and available amount rejected by the Court following a contested hearing.
FSA v AL
Confiscation proceedings for an offence of insider trading resolved following extended negotiations with the prosecution.
R v B
£9 million order sought by the Prosecution reduced to £300,000 after representations made.
