Tim Naylor

Called to the Bar:2010

  • A vastly experienced junior working across crime, corporate crime and professional regulation with unrivalled expertise in Sports Regulation.

    Sport

    Experienced barrister and sports executive with vast awareness of sports law and regulation as well as of leadership at executive and board level at two National Governing Bodies. Leads on all aspects of sports governance with considerable experience in sports regulation, anti-doping, safeguarding and integrity including chairing and sitting on disciplinary and appeal panels. Awarded 2021 Bar Counsel award for the Outstanding Employed Barrister in Sport.

    Corporate and Financial Crime

    Significant experience at all levels in serious and complex financial and corporate crime.  Since progressing from a career in investment banking, Tim has been instructed at various stages of investigation by individuals, corporates and prosecuting authorities.  As an employed barrister he adopted executive and board level leadership roles and became proficient at commercial governance, operations, and compliance.

    Crime

    Experienced across serious, violent and complex crime.  Tim is regularly instructed for both the prosecution and defence in all aspects of criminal law in England and in Wales. He is regularly instructed on multi-handed and complex matters by both the defence and specialist units of the CPS.

    Regulatory

    Tim has operated in professional regulation both at the independent bar and as an employed barrister.  He is extremely experienced in regulatory, licensing and disciplinary law, having represented registrants and presented before numerous regulatory tribunals in sport, healthcare and finance.  

    Education

    • FIFA Executive Programme in Sports Arbitration
    • LLM Cardiff University (Distinction)
    • BVC Cardiff University (Outstanding)   
    • GDL City University London
    • AB (History) Harvard University

    Appointments

    • Middlesex RFU Disciplinary Panel
    • Football Association of Wales Panel of Independent Appeal Chairpersons
    • Football Association of Wales - Independent Non-Executive Director
    • British Horseracing Authority – Director of Integrity & Regulation
    • Commonwealth Games Wales – Independent Non-Executive Director

    Professional Memberships

    • British Association for Sport and the Law 
    • Criminal Bar Association
    • International Bar Association 
    • Young Fraud Lawyers Association

     

    Recent Cases

    News

    • Former BHA Director of Integrity and Regulation, Tim Naylor, re-joins QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers

      We are delighted to welcome back our former member.After a period of 7 years as the Director of Integrity and Regulation at the British Horseracing Authority, Tim Naylor re-joins QEB Hollis Whiteman to focus on a practice in Sport, Professional Regulation...

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    • "Man With The Golden Boot", Tim Naylor comments on the current FIFA scandal

      It reads like a story that Ian Fleming would be proud of. Suitcases stuffed with bank notes picked up in secret from luxury Parisian hotels, Caribbean conferences as staging posts to distribute envelopes of cash to loyal associates. The FBI and Justice De...

      ...
  • Corporate and Financial Crime

    Former investment banker, Tim Naylor has experience of all facets of corporate and financial crime for a wealth of clients.

    Overview

    Significant experience at all levels in serious and complex financial and corporate crime.  Since progressing from a career in investment banking, Tim has been instructed at various stages of investigation by individuals, corporates and prosecuting authorities.  As an employed barrister he adopted executive and board level leadership roles and became proficient at commercial governance, operations, and compliance.

    Experience 

    Tim has experience of financial crime in various roles throughout his career.  His experience spans internal reviews, investigation pre-charge, trial and appeal stages.  Tim has been instructed by individuals, investment banks and commercial entities in relation to fraud, bribery and corruption, Trading Standards, confiscation and regulatory breaches.  He has been instructed to advise a US investment Bank in relation to allegations of bribery and corruption; he was instructed by a European Commercial Law Firm where he advised on Legal Professional Privilege on an investigation for fraud; he assisted a Financial Services firm in Jersey with an internal review, and he assisted the FCA with a civil regulatory action against a land investment firm operating as a collective investment scheme. Tim has a wealth of knowledge of disclosure and laws of legal profession privilege.  

    Following his studies at Harvard University, Tim worked at Citigroup as an Equity Finance Trader and was latterly seconded to the FCA. He is able to use his commercial experience and understanding of both criminal and civil processes to advise companies and professionals facing investigation and charge or to advise and represent prosecuting authorities looking to bring proceedings.

    Tim has an in depth understanding of the gambling industry and previously sat on the Sports Betting Integrity Forum and Sports Betting Group. He understands Gambling Commission processes having liaised with them through these organisations and can advise companies and individuals on regulatory compliance as well as investigations. 

    As an employed barrister at the BHA Tim was Head of Regulation and the Director of Integrity and Regulation at the governing body, responsible for the management of the integrity and regulatory legal functions including compliance and safeguarding.

     

    News

    • Former BHA Director of Integrity and Regulation, Tim Naylor, re-joins QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers

      We are delighted to welcome back our former member.After a period of 7 years as the Director of Integrity and Regulation at the British Horseracing Authority, Tim Naylor re-joins QEB Hollis Whiteman to focus on a practice in Sport, Professional Regulation...

  • Experience across the spectrum of complex and serious, high-profile crime.  Tim is a fantastically accomplished and persuasive advocate.

    Overview

    Experienced across serious, violent and complex crime.  Tim is regularly instructed for both the prosecution and defence in all aspects of criminal law in England and in Wales. He is regularly instructed on multi-handed and complex matters by both the defence and specialist units of the CPS.

    Experience 

    Tim is regularly instructed to prosecute and defend complex and serious matters in the Crown Court, Magistrates’ and Youth Court. He has represented defendants in relation to confiscation proceedings and trading standards offences and represented companies facing criminal prosecution. 
     
    Tim undertakes high profile multi-handed cases on behalf of specialist prosecution authorities such as the CPS Serious Casework Unit, local authority Trading Standards teams and the Department of Work and Pensions.
     
    Tim’s vast criminal law experience extends to: road traffic offences; serious violence including organised crime, drugs and armed robbery; fraud; and sexual offences.  He is regularly instructed to represent young defendants charged with serious sexual offences and to prosecute such cases in the Youth Court. He also has experience of court martial.  

    Tim regularly represents professionals facing criminal charges.  This includes those charged with careless driving and failing to provide, mitigating on behalf of clients pleading guilty to drink driving and insurance related offences. He has developed a depth of knowledge in the field and has advised on the instruction of experts relating to speed, stopping distances and medical evidence for criminal proceedings. Tim has successfully represented companies charged with motoring offences in appeal proceedings at the Crown Court and argued exceptional hardship on behalf of professional clients.

    Tim is experienced in all aspects of criminal practice including PII, disclosure and POCA applications.

    News

    • Former BHA Director of Integrity and Regulation, Tim Naylor, re-joins QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers

      We are delighted to welcome back our former member.After a period of 7 years as the Director of Integrity and Regulation at the British Horseracing Authority, Tim Naylor re-joins QEB Hollis Whiteman to focus on a practice in Sport, Professional Regulation...

  • Unique and unparalleled experienced across various roles in Sports Regulation, Tim Naylor brings a depth of knowledge to the field unlike any other.

    Overview

    Experienced barrister and sports executive with vast awareness of sports law and regulation as well as of leadership at executive and board level at two National Governing Bodies. Leads on all aspects of sports governance with considerable experience in sports regulation, anti-doping, safeguarding and integrity including chairing and sitting on disciplinary and appeal panels. Awarded 2021 Bar Counsel award for the Outstanding Employed Barrister in Sport.

    Experience 

    Tim has practised in sports law and regulation both at the independent bar and in-house.  

    Former Director of Integrity and Regulation at the British Horseracing Authority, Independent Non-Executive Director at the Football Association of Wales and current Non-Executive Director at Commonwealth Games Wales, he has broad expertise and experience across sports regulation and integrity, professional discipline and commercial matters.  

    Tim was the Bar Council’s Employed Barrister of the Year whilst employed at the BHA and has experience across many sports and legal areas. A founding member of the Bloodstock Integrity Forum as well as experienced at Board and Executive level, he is well versed in commercial matters as well as sports integrity and safeguarding. Tim sits as an Appeals and Safeguarding Chair for the FAW and as a Judicial Officer for the RFU including the specialist inclusion and diversity panel. Previously instructed by the Premier League, Tim has acted for various governing bodies and athletes across sport and has particular expertise in relation to investigations and disciplinary matters. Regularly requested to present at sports industry events and on expert panels, Tim has lectured in Sports Law on the Sports Management MSc programme at Swansea University.

    Tim has long enjoyed a specialist practice in Sports Regulation and Discipline at the Independent Bar. He appeared before the RFU Disciplinary Panel and Appeal Board and prior to his employment there, he was regularly instructed by the British Horseracing Authority to present cases before the Disciplinary Panel, Appeal Board and Licensing Committee. He regularly advised the Premier League in relation to tackling issues of homophobia, sexism, racism and other discriminatory behaviour in football grounds. He assisted a British Olympic Athlete with her appeal against the decision not to select her for the 2012 London Olympics. He represented a high profile boxer before the British Boxing Board of Control in disciplinary and licensing proceedings.  Tim sat on the Middlesex RFU Disciplinary Panel as a judicial officer and was appointed to the panel of Football Association of Wales Independent Appeal Chairpersons.

  • Vast and varied experience across professional regulation both as an employed barrister in Sports Regulation and at the Independent bar.  Tim brings extraordinary insight and knowledge to the field.

    Overview

    Tim has operated in professional regulation both at the independent bar and as an employed barrister.  He is extremely experienced in regulatory, licensing and disciplinary law, having represented registrants and presented before numerous regulatory tribunals in sport, healthcare and finance.

    Experience 

    Tim advises in relation to and appears in a broad range of regulatory proceedings spanning: the British Horseracing Authority, Gambling Commission, Premier League, Rugby Football Union, Financial Conduct Authority, Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Dental Council and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.  Tim has appeared before the Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court) of the High Court.

    Tim has previously worked at Citigroup as an Equity Finance Trader and was latterly seconded to the FCA. He is able to use his commercial experience and understanding of both criminal and civil processes to advise companies and professionals facing investigation and charge or to advise and represent prosecuting authorities looking to bring proceedings. 

    Tim has an in depth understanding of the gambling industry and previously sat on the Sports Betting Integrity Forum and Sports Betting Group. He understands Gambling Commission processes having liaised with them through these organisations and can advise companies and individuals on regulatory compliance as well as investigations. 
     

    Recent Cases

    News

    • Former BHA Director of Integrity and Regulation, Tim Naylor, re-joins QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers

      We are delighted to welcome back our former member.After a period of 7 years as the Director of Integrity and Regulation at the British Horseracing Authority, Tim Naylor re-joins QEB Hollis Whiteman to focus on a practice in Sport, Professional Regulation...

    • "Man With The Golden Boot", Tim Naylor comments on the current FIFA scandal

      It reads like a story that Ian Fleming would be proud of. Suitcases stuffed with bank notes picked up in secret from luxury Parisian hotels, Caribbean conferences as staging posts to distribute envelopes of cash to loyal associates. The FBI and Justice De...