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Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
70 GREAT BRIDGEWATER STREET
MANCHESTER
M1 5ES
England
70 GREAT BRIDGEWATER STREET
MANCHESTER
M1 5ES
England
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Victoria Turner
+44 161 831 8718 victoriaturner@eversheds.com
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Victoria is an associate in the Financial Services Disputes and Investigations Group. She specialises in financial crime, fraud, anti-money laundering (“AML”), anti-bribery & corruption (“ABC”) compliance and international financial sanctions.
Victoria frequently conducts audits upon AML and sanction control frameworks of a variety of payment institutions. She also regularly advises clients in respect of compliance issues, internal financial sanctions, the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Victoria’s recent experience includes:
- conducting an internal fraud investigation on behalf of an international bank;
- conducting an AML and sanctions assurance review on behalf of a Middle Eastern bank following a remediation project;
- advising a payments firm on international regulatory licensing requirements across a number of different jurisdictions;
- acting on behalf of Barclays Bank plc in the reported case of Hmicho v Barclays Bank [2015] EWHC 1757 QB – the lead case on ownership and control in relation to EU and UK sanctions
- successfully challenging the legality of a police search warrant, by way of judicial review;
- advising a UK based company in respect of key areas of risk in complying with a US led AML policy, involving consideration of UK and US AML requirements as well as data privacy obligations; and
- representing a director in connection with a criminal HMRC investigation in respect of an alleged £8 million VAT fraud.
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Associate
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