Laurence Howland

Director, Buckles Solicitors LLP. Laurence is head of risk and compliance and has overall responsibility for the firm’s anti-money laundering and regulatory compliance. Before joining Buckles, Laurence spent three years as a senior financial investigator with the SRA. Before that, he served for 30 years with HM Revenue & Customs as an accredited financial investigator leading criminal investigation teams dealing with money laundering, restraint and confiscation cases. Between 2010 and 2014, Laurence was fiscal crime liaison officer appointed to the British Embassy in Beijing and has acted as an expert witness in cases involving the underground transfer of funds from China to the UK.