Evan Flowers

Evan Flowers is a disputes partner specializing in government enforcement and investigations. Originally a criminal defense lawyer, he advises individuals and multinationals in the highest stakes and most sensitive multi-jurisdictional enforcement, compliance and investigation matters in a broad range of industry sectors, including financial services, aerospace & defense, energy and commodities, healthcare and pharma, STEM, telecoms, big data, construction, gaming, and consumables. Mr. Flowers' matters often involve bribery and corruption, securities fraud, antitrust cartel, sanctions, money laundering, and market manipulation issues giving rise to multi-agency investigations.

Mr. Flowers also advises on harm minimization strategies and compliance risk for high-risk commercial transactions, JVs and strategic investments. He was a key member of the Airbus legal team that secured a landmark Deferred Prosecution Agreement – the first coordinated settlement between the UK, U.S. and French prosecuting authorities in history.

Mr. Flowers has a successful track record engaging with regulators and government agencies in the UK, UAE, U.S. and Europe, including the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), European Commission (EC), U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and regulated exchanges (CME, ICE, EEX).

He is currently the lead UK advisor to multiple traders in the highest profile energy market manipulation investigation involving UK citizens, as quoted in Bloomberg, Daily Mail and The Times.

Mr. Flowers also counsels professional athletes and sports governing bodies on crisis management, incident response and investigations drawing on his lived experience as a distinguished County League cricketer and former Premier League club captain.

Mr. Flowers is described by clients in Chambers UK as “extremely passionate and knowledgeable” (2024). The Legal 500 UK 2024 selected Mr. Flowers as one of ten “Next Generation Partners” in the UK market for Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime. He is also listed as a key lawyer for Fraud: White Collar Crime: Advice to Individuals. He was named as a white collar “Rising Star” by Euromoney in its 2021 Expert Guide, based on his outstanding reputation among clients and industry leaders.

Evan is a recipient of the Samuel E. Klein pro bono award for his support of the working group remediating the Windrush compensation scheme in response to the wrongful treatment and deportation of British citizens of Caribbean heritage by the UK Home Office.