DWF

Corporate Crime

Alexander Gorst is a senior associate in DWF's corporate crime team who represents corporate and individual clients across a broad spectrum of criminal and regulatory matters.

He is experienced in multi-jurisdictional investigations and matters with multi-agency involvement, including investigations conducted by the SFO, NCA, HMRC, FCA and their foreign counterparts. He has defended clients under investigation for global corruption, serious fraud, direct and indirect tax fraud and money-laundering.

Alexander also conducts and advises corporates on internal investigations and advises companies and their directors on governance issues. He helps clients to avoid financial crime risks in a wide range of scenarios, advising on compliance with financial crime legislation and the implementation of preventative measures with a particular focus on anti-bribery, money laundering and tax evasion.

Alexander was called to the Bar in 2012 and practiced for five years at a leading fraud/criminal/regulatory set of barristers' chambers, which included a 12-month secondment to the SFO. Alexander moved into private practice in 2017 to continue work in the field of corporate crime and joined DWF as a senior associate in 2021.

- The Fraud Lawyers' Association

- Kings' College London (BA(Hons)) - Trinity College Dublin (MPhil) - BPP London (GDL & BPTC).