DISPUTES - WCC / INVESTIGATIONS FOCUS - 5-7PQE

The role will involve Investigations and prosecutions by government, law enforcement and regulatory agencies such as the Department of Justice, the Serious Fraud Office, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the National Bureau of Investigation and other specialist financial crime units to include:

• Financial misstatement, market manipulation, insider trading and securities misconduct
• Compliance and criminal defence relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (US), the Bribery Act 2010 (UK), and other anti-corruption laws worldwide
• Internal investigations into alleged fraud, bribery, embezzlement and other unethical or unlawful conduct
• Compliance and investigations relating to money laundering (AML), terrorist financing (CTF) and the proceeds of crime
• Tax and duty evasion and misconduct under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
• Transaction due diligence on bribery, fraud and financial crime issues.
• Arbitration and civil litigation involving allegations of bribery or fraud
• Investigating, quantifying and recovering losses arising from criminal conduct of employees, suppliers and business partners, including by way of private prosecutions, criminal complaints, civil search orders, freezing orders and civil fraud litigation

The work is unique and cross-discipline, involving privately prosecuting and defending criminal actions, and representing claimants and defendants in civil actions. They operate at all levels of the civil and criminal courts, with an emphasis on the excellence of our investigative capabilities. Members of the team are ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers in corporate crime, civil fraud and white collar defence, and the team has seen tremendous growth since 2008.

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