Natasha Wong KC is an experienced and highly regarded criminal silk whose practice focuses on financial crime, homicide and serious crime.
Both in court and behind the scenes, Natasha radiates calm authority, reasonableness and discretion, and she has become known for delivering the seemingly impossible through her meticulous preparation and strategic planning.
She excels at presenting complex and difficult cases with sensitivity, ensuring the client is involved throughout the preparation period and presented in the best possible light, making even the most technical, complex and personal details accessible and meaningful to juries. Natasha also has great negotiating skills and quickly builds effective working relationships with her team and with her opponents, keeping the focus on the issues that matter.
Natasha has been ranked as a leader in both Financial Crime and Crime in Chambers & Partners UK Bar every year since 2013, and as a leading individual in the Legal 500 every year since 2012.
Natasha is a specialist defence counsel with expertise in financial crime, confiscation, regulatory and disciplinary hearings. Her understanding of business, often encompassing different jurisdictions, forensic accounting and expert evidence, together with her detailed and thorough preparation, make her a formidable force in complex cases. Natasha can bring to life even the most forbidding, technical and document-heavy cases.
She has particular experience of defending those charged with or being investigated in respect of serious and complex fraud, conspiracies, fraud by abuse of trust, allegations of cheating HMRC, money laundering, bribery and corruption. She also acts for professional clients accused of false accounting, theft from client accounts or employers, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and associated disciplinary proceedings.
Natasha’s expertise includes presenting and responding to legal arguments encompassing every aspect of criminal law, including the admissibility of evidence; joinder and severance; challenging and advising on expert and forensic evidence; legal professional and litigation privilege; applications to stay proceedings on the grounds of abuse of process or fitness to stand trial, or public interest immunity; and disclosure, character and hearsay issues, dismissal applications and submissions of no case to answer.
She also provides advice and guidance to professional clients on compliance or regulatory issues that arise during the course of their business, including contesting regulatory proceedings, financial irregularities and their statutory liabilities.
Natasha has a wealth of experience defending those accused of serious criminal offences. Her cases have included murder (including gang-related murder involving the use of firearms), assisted suicide, drug offences, and sexual offences. She has great experience in dealing with vulnerable and/or young defendants and witnesses, including those suffering from psychiatric or psychological conditions, where her calm and empathetic approach enables her to present the most compelling case without alienating juries.
She is experienced and skilled at presenting and challenging expert evidence, including DNA, pathology, CCTV and mobile phone/cell site, handwriting, ballistics, mental health, toxicology and digital forensics and challenge critical evidence.
She is also instructed privately to represent individuals facing serious allegations under the Sexual Offences Act.
Natasha is registered to undertake Public Access work.
