40 HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, EC1N 2PZ
- Tel:
- Work 0870 1500 100
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7404 0208
- DX:
- 87 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
- Web:
- www.irwinmitchell.com
- Email:
Sarah Wallace
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7421 3883
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Work Department
Regulatory and investigations group.
Position
Partner specialising in criminal defence, fraud and regulatory investigations and litigation, with particular experience of defending heavyweight complex fraud or regulatory litigation brought by bodies including SFO, FSA, HMRC, BERR and CPS. Regularly defends confiscation, restraint and civil recovery of proceeds of crime proceedings, and company director disqualification. Advises individuals and firms at risk of or under FSA enforcement investigations, whether criminal, civil or regulatory investigations, for alleged company or individual misconduct, principle or rule breaches or criminal offences (eg insider dealing, market abuse or ‘boiler rooms’). Undertaken secondment with FSA Enforcement Division.
Career
Career: KPMG 1995; chartered tax advisor (CTA) 1997; IBB Solicitors, Uxbridge, specialising in criminal defence, 1997; qualified as solicitor 1999; Irwin Mitchell 2001 to date, partner 2008.
Member
Member: Chartered Institute of Taxation; London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Association of Women Solicitors (London group); Financial Services Lawyers Association; Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association; City of London Law Society.
Education
Education: Reigate Grammar School; University of Birmingham (1992 LLB Hons); College of Law, Chester (LSF).
Leisure
Leisure: Walking, skiing, ski touring, summer mountaineering.
Practice Areas
Crime - corporate; Crime - general; Fraud
