Linklaters LLP

Financial Regulation Group

Gavin specialises in complex investigations work and litigation and heads the firm’s London Investigations Group.

He advises well known corporates, professional services firms, financial institutions and funds.  He has extensive experience of managing multi-jurisdictional enforcement investigations and litigation crossing the UK, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the US.

Gavin was a Managing Director responsible for litigation and regulatory inquiries across Asia Pacific at UBS from 2006 to 2008 based in the Investment Bank and working with the Wealth Management business, reporting to the General Counsel and a member of the Risk Committee, and has also spent time on secondment in the FCA’s Enforcement division in 2019.

In his investigations and litigation practice, Gavin also has experience of acting for individuals, including professionals, in relation to a range of regulatory, disciplinary and criminal investigations.