Jane Glass

“I think if I got arrested, Jane Glass would be my first phone call.”

Chambers HNW Directory

Practice Areas

- Financial Crime

- Serious and General Crime

- Related Regulatory Investigations

- Inquests and Public Inquiries

About Jane

Jane is a solicitor with over thirty years’ experience of working on financial and serious and general crime matters, related regulatory investigations, inquests and public inquiries. She was a partner at a leading London boutique practice for twenty-four years until, post pandemic, she took time off to consider her career. She has now returned to the profession as an Independent (Freelance) Solicitor.

Prior to her break, Jane was ranked in Band 1 of Chambers HNW Directory for Financial Crime each year from 2016 (the first year of publication) until 2021.

She has, over the years, worked on numerous sensitive, complex, and high-profile matters.

Jane has always been completely committed to ensuring the best possible outcome for her clients by working extremely hard on matters herself whilst deploying a) judgment gained from wide experience b) focussed energy c) attention to detail and d) empathetic pragmatism.

To that end, she has, throughout her career, worked closely and collaboratively with other members of a client’s team including first class:

barristers,
PR experts,
lawyers from other practice areas, including family, commercial and reputation management,
accountants, and
other subject matter experts, including health care professionals.

As a result, she has developed long standing professional relationships with many highly respected and talented practitioners.

Jane has always been very mindful of the stressful nature of the areas in which she practises, and sensitive to the possible effect on the mental and emotional health of her clients, and that of those close to them. Post pandemic, she views this as a critical issue which needs to be kept under close consideration.

Experience

Instructed on numerous matters, many high-profile, which, in addition to Jane’s areas of expertise, involved an understanding of other areas e.g. Reputation Management, PR, Family Law and working with experts in those areas.
In the financial crime field, allegations of tax evasion, market manipulation, insider dealing, theft, false accounting, fraud by false representation and abuse of position, conspiracy to defraud, bribery and horse race fixing.
In the serious and general crime field, allegations of neglect of duty in the army, phone hacking, different types of sexual misconduct, assault, harassment, public order breaches, computer misuse and perverting the course of justice.
Regulatory inquiries/ proceedings linked to investigations and/ or prosecutions.
Advice on many matters which did not result in charges, often after having made detailed representations to the police and/ or decision makers against charge.
Advising individuals/ entities on reporting allegations of criminal wrongdoing, or who had been approached to provide evidence.
Experience of high profile Inquest and Public Inquiry Work
As a result of this work, Jane has wide experience of dealing with many agencies including the SFO, CPS, FCA, HMRC and various police forces, as well as Coroners offices and Public Inquiry personnel.

Market Commentary

"Jane Glass is highly thought of in the market for her wealth of experience handling financial crime investigations. “She is just extraordinary – she is amazing” notes a source, explaining:” She is incredibly accessible, she is brilliant and her judgement, which is really important in these cases, is superb. She is brilliant in the way she handles the client and judges how to respond. I am just awestruck by her practicality.” Another interviewee says Glass “is highly regarded and does amazing work – she is intelligent, great with clients and so down to earth.”

Chambers HNW Directory 2021 – Financial Crime Band 1

"Jane Glass has extensive experience handling financial crime cases for high-net worth individuals. A barrister enthuses:” I would certainly recommend her very highly. She lives and breathes her cases when she is on them. She is the most intelligent solicitor that I know in London.” Another barrister remarks: “Jane is terrific. She is super-user friendly and very personable. She is very, very good and extremely hard working, sympathetic and diligent.” A solicitor notes: “She is just brilliant. I can call her, and she gets the issues immediately, and she is really reassuring with clients.”

Chambers HNW Directory 2020 – Financial Crime Band 1

"Jane Glass is recognised as “one of the strongest in the market” and very experienced acting for ultra-high net worth clients.” She handles a broad array of financial crime cases. “She really does make magic” says one lawyer; “she has such brilliant judgement, and her strategic thinking is utterly extraordinary. She does the most exceptional job, and her experience is vast.” Another lawyer comments: “If I had a client in prison on serious charges and needed fingernails-in-the-dirt representation, I’m going to call her.”

Chambers HNW Directory 2019 – Financial Crime Band 1

“I think if I got arrested, Jane Glass would be my first phone call” declares a fellow lawyer. She is highly regarded for her representation of individuals under SFO and FCA investigations. “She is exceptionally committed and organised, and she has a large reservoir of experience from the very biggest cases on which to draw” reports one source. Another notes that “she’s very approachable and practical, very responsive and down-to-earth.” “ She is fantastically hard-working; her clients absolutely love her because she has a very high emotional intelligence and understands what clients are going through and what they need in addition to the law” says a barrister, adding that “ she’d be amongst my first choices if someone in my family was in trouble, because I know they’d be looked after as though they were her own children.”

Chambers HNW Directory 2018 – Financial Crime Band 1

"Jane Glass has a notable practice representing individuals under regulatory investigation, particularly SFO and FCA investigations. “She is terrific and incredibly hard working” enthuses a source, adding: “She is very dedicated and has very good judgement.” Another interviewee affirms: “Jane is the workaholic of the team. She never gives up; she always wants to know what more can be done.” Glass receives high praise for her client service from one market commentator: “She is incredibly loyal and does the best for her clients. She is great with dealing with egos, she is hard-working, incredibly experienced, and extremely available.”

Chambers HNW Directory 2017 – Financial Crime Band 1