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Sonn Macmillan Walker Offices
RENNIE HOUSE
57-60 ALDGATE HIGH STREET
LONDON
EC3N 1AL
England
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Ms Katy Smart
Position
Solicitor
Career
Katy Smart heads the Extradition Department at Sonn Macmillan Walker. She has particular experience fighting extradition requests which are politically motivated and acting for individuals in representations to INTERPOL. Katy has a wealth of experience in high profile extradition and an established track record of successfully fighting extradition requests. She has considerable experience at defending European Arrest Warrants and has specialised in fighting requests from Russia, Ukraine, UAE, and USA, which usually involve complex litigation, require expert evidence and witnesses from foreign jurisdictions. She also regularly acts as an advocate for her clients in extradition hearings. Katy is a committee member of the Defence Extradition Lawyers Association and a member of Extradition Lawyers Association.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
The team at Sonn Macmillan Walker has a strong focus on high-profile extraditions to a large variety of countries as far afield as Kuwait and Armenia. Outside of extraditions, the practice is often instructed on cases involving Ponzi schemes, murders, sexual assault, and class A drugs. The team is led by David Sonn, Katy Smart, and Amy Cox. Smart oversees the extradition team; she regularly advises politically exposed individuals for INTERPOL representation. Cox, ‘intelligent, compassionate and highly motivated to always achieve great results for her clients’, spearheads the litigation department. Leah Connolly, ‘particularly expert at dealing with the young and vulnerable and their immediate family’, often defends youths on charges of murder and attempted murder.