Tristan Grimmer > Baker McKenzie > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
280 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4RB
England
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Work Department

International Commercial & Trade

Position

Tristan is a Partner at Baker McKenzie, advising clients on sanctions and export controls, anti-bribery and corruption and other corporate compliance risks. He provides compliance advice to clients across these risk areas, including in the context of complex cross-border transactions, as well as supporting clients in the management of related internal and external investigations. Tristan has advised clients in respect of investigations by the Serious Fraud Office, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), the National Crime Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, and the Competition and Markets Authority, as well as in related investigations by overseas agencies, including the US Department of Justice and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). He also counsels clients in the design and implementation of their corporate compliance programmes.

Tristan is the UK head of Baker McKenzie’s market leading international trade practice, which is ranked as Tier 1 by Legal 500.

Tristan also advises clients – including multinationals, private equity, SOEs and SWFs – on the impact of national security policy and regulation on their business and transactional strategy, and has supported clients on numerous filings under the UK National Security and Investment Act, as well as coordinating strategy and national security filings before multiple other European and non-European agencies.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Law Society of England & Wales

Education

  • Leeds University (LLB, First Class Honors) (2002)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs

(Leading partners)

Tristan Grimmer – Baker McKenzie

The international trade group at Baker McKenzie LLP draws on its global reach to provide clients with expertise on a range of trade matters involving UK, EU and US sanctions.  Its ambit also covers export controls, foreign investment, customs, anti-dumping and trade remedies. Co-practice head Sunny Mann is noted for his considerable experience in UK and EU export controls sanctions and anti-bribery rules. He jointly heads the practice alongside Tristan Grimmer whose expertise lies in trade sanctions and export controls, as well as compliance matters. Other key figures include Jennifer Revis, who serves as the leading customs contact in the practice. Ben Smith is regularly called upon for his expertise by clients in the energy, technology, telecoms, healthcare and transport sectors. Sven Bates – noted for his sanctions and trade compliance expertise – is also recommended.

London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition

The ‘exceptional’ team at Baker McKenzie work with a diverse roster of clients, including a number of multinational companies hailing from the worlds of energy, manufacturing, retail and healthcare. The practice is well positioned to assist on both contentious and non-contentious matters, on a domestic and international scale. The team is jointly led by Samantha Mobley and Tristan Grimmer. A mix of blue-chip corporates turn to Mobley for her capabilities on transactional matters and her experience before regulatory authorities, while Grimmer is praised for his capabilities across the full scope of competition law matters. Other key figures include Keith Jones, noted for his work on international transactions, contentious and regulatory matters, and James Robinson, an antitrust investigations specialist.