Tom Stocker
Partner
White Collar Crime & Investigations
Our specialist team advises clients around the world on all aspects of white collar crime including: compliance; internal, regulatory and criminal investigations; self-reporting and criminal defence.
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Our global team of specialist advisers operates at the intersection of business and regulation. They have acted on a number of precedent-setting matters, including:
- Advising Sweett Group in the first prosecution of a company for failure to prevent bribery contrary to s.7 of the Bribery Act
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Acting in the first corporate bribery self-report and subsequent negotiated civil settlement in Scotland
- Acting as independent Investigation Counsel to a multilateral development bank in respect of its investigation into allegations of sanctionable practices in China and India
Our team is unique among law firms in that we offer a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers and forensic accountants focused on forensic investigations and major compliance reviews. We work closely with our highly-experienced Civil Fraud & Asset Recovery team to provide comprehensive, commercial and joined-up advice as to the civil and criminal implications of complex fraud.
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Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.
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Andrew Sackey
Partner
Andrew is a tax and white-collar fraud litigation lawyer with significant experience in delivering complex large-scale domestic and international compliance investigations.
Chris Richardson
Head of Forensic Accounting (non-lawyer)
Chris leads the Forensic Accounting Services ("FAS") team with over 20 years of professional accounting experience in responding to high profile, mission critical corporate events across financial & transactional reporting, forensic accounting, investigations and Anti-Bribery & Corruption.
Damian Crosse
Partner
Damian is head of the Commercial Litigation and Compliance team in the Gulf region.
David Hamilton
Senior Associate
David has extensive experience of advising both firms and individuals in the context of regulatory and white-collar investigations. He has particular experience of matters involving retail and wholesale market misconduct, bribery and corruption, fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion offences.
Dr. Eike W. Grunert
Rechtsanwalt, Partner
Eike advises corporations in the areas of corporate compliance and internal investigations, with a particular focus on the design, implementation, monitoring, review, and effectiveness assessment of compliance management systems in key compliance risk areas.
Dr. Jochen Pörtge
Rechtsanwalt, Partner
Jochen specialises in corporate defence, criminal compliance and internal investigations.
Hinesh Shah
Senior Associate Forensic Accountant
Hinesh specialises in leading investigations and has worked on some of the most high-profile investigations in Europe.
Laura Gillespie
Partner
Laura specialises in regulatory enforcement and advises clients in a range of sectors dealing with compliance issues ranging from data and cyber breaches, internal fraud, corporate crime and health & safety.
Melina Wolman
Partner
Melina heads the Paris litigation team. She assists and represents French and international clients in France and abroad, in particular in cross-border disputes dealing with issues such as conflict of law and jurisdiction and devising international litigation strategies. She represents clients in commercial, product liability, distribution and art law disputes.
Natalie Sherborn
Partner
Natalie specialises in white-collar crime and investigations, with extensive experience of advising both corporations and individuals facing scrutiny by law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies.
Neil McInnes
Partner
Neil is a criminal defence and corporate crime specialist, with extensive experience of conducting anti-corruption, fraud and other investigations across Asia and Europe as well as involving other jurisdictions worldwide.
Si En Tan
Senior Associate
Si En is a Singapore-qualified criminal lawyer specialising in corporate criminal investigations and regulatory matters. She also advises on anti-bribery, corruption and fraud compliance with both international standards and Singapore laws.
Stacy Keen
Senior Associate
Stacy is a litigator and a regulatory defence Senior Associate specialising in criminal and regulatory risk.
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