Linklaters LLP

Investigations

Elly is a partner in London who advises on white collar criminal defence, internal investigations and cross-border financial crime compliance.

Elly acts in external investigations involving the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Environment Agency and other authorities. She represents companies and individuals facing allegations of financial and other corporate crime, including fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering, breaches of financial and trade sanctions, breaches of environmental legislation and other types of misconduct.

Elly also acts in internal investigations and regularly advises companies on the whole range of issues relating to business crime, including helping clients to mitigate their exposure under the UK Bribery Act, the Proceeds of Crime Act, sanctions legislation and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.  She has advised many clients on compliance issues relating to the Ukraine-related sanctions imposed in 2022, as well as on strategies to comply with anti-boycott legislation.