Experience

Furnival Chambers

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Barrister

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  Recent instructions include: FCA v NatWest Bank PLC (Operation Fordbridge): Instructed by the FCA as Disclosure Counsel in this dual-track regulatory and criminal prosecution. The criminal prosecution involved breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations and the FCA’s Handbook, namely regarding failures following the laundering of c.£520,000,000 through this major UK bank, NatWest. This first and only successful prosecution of a UK retail bank resulted in the Court imposing a fine of c.£265,000,000, a confiscation amount of c.£460,000 and costs of c.£4,300,000. Instructed as Independent LPP Counsel by the FCA. Various operations include Kempston, Gillingham, Bude, Hibling, Fort Payne, Tiverton, Naples and Cheboygan. Project E: Instructed by boutique corporate crime firm, Fulcrum Chambers, to defend a multinational FTSE 100 company and conduct an internal investigation into foreign bribery and corruption, in contemplation of arbitration and litigation in the commercial court of a foreign jurisdiction. Project X: Instructed by Fulcrum Chambers, on behalf of a multinational FTSE 100 mining company to respond to a s.2 notice from the SFO, requesting documentation regarding allegations of international bribery and corruption. SFO v X: Prosecution Disclosure Counsel in this cross jurisdictional bribery and corruption investigation involving issues of political sensitivity and national security. This case required the highest level of Government Security Clearance. R v A & Others (Southwark Crown Court): Led junior representing the first defendant in a 7 handed, 14-week, multimillion-pound conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. HMRC v S (Southwark Crown Court): Prosecution Disclosure Counsel in this multi-defendant VAT fraud. Instructed due to fundamental disclosure failings at the outset of a 5-year investigation.



Church Court Chambers

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Barrister

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2018



Fulcrum Chambers Llp

• Paralegal

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2015



Serious Fraud Office - New Zealand

• New Zealand
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Higher Executive Officer Paralegal

  • Apr 2014 - Mar 2015

  Providing support to lawyers under the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 into cases involving suspected serious and complex fraud. Providing support to lawyers under the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 into cases involving suspected serious and complex fraud.



Mandel, Katz & Brosnan LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Paralegal

  • Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

  Specialising in facilitating the transfer of high-yield investment transactions. Specialising in facilitating the transfer of high-yield investment transactions.



C. Hoare & Co.

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Relationship Management

  • Dec 2012 - Oct 2013

• Compliance

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

  Carrying out anti-money laundering measures such as Suspicious Activity Reporting to SOCA and liaising with the bank’s AMLO, checking sanction lists against payments made in and out of the bank and monitoring trades made by the bank for any possible market abuse.

• Intern - Wealth Management

  • Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

  As an intern in the Wealth Management Department, I worked individually to bring department procedures, whereby clients were profiled for the purposes of suitability, in line with the FCA's COBS rules.