David Bloom
David is an Associate Director at Sonn Macmillan Walker. He heads the Financial Crime Department.
David joined Sonn Macmillan Walker in 2017 after a decade working at a busy London firm. David has extensive experience in successfully defending a range of ‘white-collar’ matters brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), National Crime Agency (NCA), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Ranked Band 3 in Chambers and Partners 2026 in POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture
David specialises in representing individuals and corporates in criminal and civil investigations. At any one time, David will be advising clients at the early stages of investigations and litigating cases before the magistrates’ court, Crown Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.
Leading Financial Crime Lawyer
David’s practice encompasses the full spectrum of financial crime and proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
David is regularly approached to act in large-scale, complex confiscation proceedings but also upstream in cash seizures, and account freezing and forfeiture orders proceedings. Across the board, David has achieved notable successes over recent years.
His meticulous eye for detail and ability to absorb information and distil it means that David is regularly sought out by professionals, company directors and HNW individuals and highly regarded by his peers, including leading barristers that specialise in this field.
Client Care
Clients benefit from David’s empathetic approach. He provides accurate and realistic advice and is often privately instructed in criminal and regulatory matters involving professionals accused of sensitive offences, including those of a sexual nature, where effective representations both pre and post charge are required.
David has Higher Rights of Audience and clients are reassured that he can represent them from the police station to the Crown Court.
An Authority in Financial Crime
David has written articles for the Solicitor’s Journal and New Law Journal, and major chapters for two Bloomsbury Professional books.
Journal articles:
‘Keeping schtum: embargo no-nos’, N.L.J. 2024, 174(8092), 11-12 (cover story)
‘The risks of failing for failing to give security for VAT’, Accountancy Daily, May 2022
‘Sentencing offenders with mental health conditions and disorders (R v PS and others)’, Lexis®PSL, 05/02/20
‘Global guide is bang on the money’, Law Society Gazette, 04/11/19 (review)
‘Urgent need for central co-ordination in tackling serious and organised crime’, LexisNexis Current Awareness, 28/06/19 (comment)
‘Unexplained wealth orders. Explained’, N.L.J. 2018, 168(7784), 13-14 (cover story)
‘Piercing the corporate veil in confiscation proceedings’, , S.J. 2017, 161(25), 30-31
Book chapters:
‘Criminal investigations and prosecutions’ in Law and Regulation of Tax Professionals (2021)
'Tax fraud: criminal investigations and litigation – direct tax' in HMRC Investigations Handbook (2025)