Firm has handled high profile cases

THE legal firm called on to provide assistance to the parents of missing Madeleine McCann in the UK is accustomed to high profile cases.

London-based Kingsley Napley lists rogue trader Nick Leeson and Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet among its past clients. Partners Michael Caplan QC and Angus McBride, who will advise the McCanns, have almost 50 years’ experience in criminal and international law between them.

Mr Caplan advises on areas including extradition and international law.

The respected solicitor, one of only a handful to have been appointed Queen’s Counsel, has been involved in a number of highly publicised cases, representing Gen Pinochet in proceedings in the UK.

Mr McBride joined Kingsley Napley in 1999. According to the firm’s website, he has built up a particular expertise in “managing and protecting the reputation of individuals and companies subject to either media or criminal investigation”.