Rebecca Chalkley KC

Rebecca’s practice is cross-border and cross-discipline. 

She has extensive experience in all areas of Business, Financial & Corporate Crime, Cyber Crime, Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, Tax & Insolvency, Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime, Confiscation, Financial Service Regulation, Professional Discipline, Health Care Regulation, Environmental Regulation, Health & Safety, Gambling and Sports & Global Investigations.

Rebecca is ranked as a leading silk for Financial Crime,  Business and Regulatory Crime (including (Global) International Investigations.

Ranked in the Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide (2025)

She is listed in the “Business Crime Defence” category of the Who’s Who Legal UK Bar 2025 Directory.

She has has twice been The Times Lawyer of week, the first in April 2022 for the prosecution of Boris Becker and again in January 2026 for the defence of the comedian Reginald D Hunter. 

She advises and acts on behalf of corporates, in-house and City solicitors in areas such as compliance, Insolvency, Corporate Governance, Civil Recovery, business investigations, dispute resolution, fraud, Restraint, Freezing Orders, Norwich Pharmacal Orders, Deferred Prosecution Agreements, and Private Prosecutions.

Rebecca regularly acts for and advises High Net Worth individuals both in their personal capacity and on behalf of their associated companies. 

Rebecca has an international element to her practice. She is currently instructed by a family trust in a commercial dispute in Jersey and is acting for the Attorney General of Bermuda.

She was until her appointment as KC, Standing Counsel to the Department for Business and the Insolvency Service and advised on their most complicated issues of policy and their prosecutions. She has a vast experience of matters relating to Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Companies House as well as Director’s Disqualification and matters under the Companies Act. She regularly advises and acts for individuals and companies in such matters.

She is instructed in regulatory and quasi-criminal matters on cases involving breaches of Regulatory & Professional Discipline and on behalf of and against regulatory bodies. This includes the Health and Safety Executive, the Environment Agency, Tree Preservations Orders (TPOs), the Financial Conduct Authority, the General Medical Council, and the General Optical Council

She advises on and acts in Extradition cases. This includes cases involving the USA, the Russian Federation and Bermuda. This involves both the use and understanding of matters relating to International Criminal Law and Civil Liberties and Human Rights. 

Rebecca has experience of advising on Judicial Review arising from both civil and criminal matters.