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Dawn Raids

Dawn raids can be overwhelming with immense pressure, and even a small misstep can carry serious consequences. Get the immediate help you need from a dedicated legal team.

Overview

If you’re experiencing a dawn raid and need quick access to expert legal support, please call our 24/7 Crisis Management Helpline on +44 20 3060 6551.

Additionally, we ask that you download and register with our RPC Raid Response toolkit from Apple’s App Store or the Google Play Store. Trust us to guide you through this stressful event with our specialist dawn raid toolkit, which possesses the following key features:

  • Live report incident button, which instantly connects to RPC’s specialist dawn raid lawyers
  • Interactive step-by-step guide on how to manage a dawn raid
  • Evidential log
  • Ability to upload photos of key documents, eg search warrant
  • Detailed Resources Library, including FAQs

No two unannounced investigations are the same. With each regulator having a varying range of powers when it comes to search and seizure operations, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to dawn raids.

Above all, it’s important to remember that raids need to be handled with care - and we can help you do that. RPC’s dawn raid experts are on hand to manage and supervise unannounced investigations across all regulators who have inside knowledge - because they’ve participated in regulator dawn raids themselves.

Knowing the strategy and decision-making processes adopted by the relevant regulator, our dawn raid legal team confidently guides you through the process, ensuring your rights are protected at every stage.

Various regulators carry out such raids, including:

  • Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
  • Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
  • Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
  • Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
  • National Crime Authority (NCA)
  • Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

Following a dawn raid, we work tirelessly to support you on any internal investigations. But we also go further by responding to press queries, handling reputational issues, minimising business disruption, and assisting you in mounting legal challenges to the raid itself.

Get the immediate legal support you need during a dawn raid – we're here the moment you need us.

Get in touch

Adam Craggs

Partner

+44 7545 101656

London

Adam Craggs

Jonathan Crompton

Partner

+852 2216 7173

Hong Kong

Jonathan Crompton

Team

Adam Craggs

Partner

+44 7545 101656

London

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Jonathan Crompton

Partner

+852 2216 7173

Hong Kong

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Michelle Sloane

Partner

+44 7545 100373

London

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