June 19, 2025
We are proud to announce that Red Lion Chambers has been shortlisted in four key categories at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025, recognising our continued excellence in financial and corporate crime. These nominations are based on The Legal 500’s independent market-leading research for their annual Bar directory.
Shortlisted Categories:
• Corporate Crime Set of the Year
• Financial Crime Set of the Year
• Financial Crime Silk of the Year – Gillian Jones KC
• Financial Crime Junior of the Year – Faras Baloch
Red Lion Chambers was proud to be named Financial Crime Set of the Year at the 2023 Legal 500 Bar Awards, a recognition that reflects the depth of talent across Chambers. Building on that success, Gillian Jones KC is once again nominated for Financial Crime Silk of the Year, the same category she won last year, in recognition of her standout advocacy in complex financial crime cases. Faras Baloch, previously shortlisted in 2024 for Corporate Crime Junior of the Year, now receives a nomination for Financial Crime Junior of the Year, highlighting his growing influence in this specialised field.
Tom Forster KC, co-Head of Chambers, commented:
“We are delighted to see this continued recognition by The Legal 500 Bar Awards which reflects RLC’s consistent strength and excellence across high-profile, cutting-edge work in corporate and financial crime. We also want to offer our congratulations to Gillian Jones KC and Faras Baloch for their standout advocacy in some of the UK’s most complex and high-value financial crime matters”
The 2025 winners will be announced on 24th September.
