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Foundry Chambers Offices
QUALITY HOUSE, 5-9 QUALITY COURT
CHANCERY LANE, LONDON
WC2A 1HP
England
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Ms Natalie McNamee
Work Department
Foundry Chambers
Position
YEAR OF CALL 2011
Prosecution and defence.
Career
Natalie McNamee is a meticulous and skilled advocate with an excellent track record of dealing with cases well above her level of call. She has a mixed practice, encompassing criminal prosecution and defence, fraud and financial crime, extradition, tax litigation, business regulation and local government work. Financial crime is her particular specialism, and she acts for both prosecution and defence in complex fraud trials.
In 2023, Natalie was one of seven barristers accepted into the Treasury Counsel Pathway Scheme: a 12-month positive action scheme for advocates who have the potential to become Treasury Counsel in the future.
Natalie has been ranked as a Leading Junior in the Legal 500 for Fraud (Crime) for three years:
‘extremely tenacious and extremely intelligent’
‘Natalie is a dedicated and hard-working advocate who is fiercely committed to the interests of her professional or personal client. She is incredibly intelligent and comfortable with complex financial and expert evidence.’
‘Natalie is prodigiously hard-working and an excellent lawyer. She has a very good manner with juries and presents complex financial information in an effective way.’
Memberships
Appointments
Treasury Counsel Pathway Participant, 2023 – 2024
SFO Prosecution ‘B’ Panel
SFO Proceeds of Crime and International Assistance ‘C’ Panel
CPS Advocate Panel (General Crime) – Level 4
CPS Specialist Fraud Panel – Level 4
CPS Serious Crime Group – Level 3
CPS Extradition Panel – Level 2
CPS Proceeds of Crime Panel – Level 2
Memberships
Vice Chair of Foundry Chambers Pupillage Committee
Middle Temple
Criminal Bar Association
Fraud Lawyers Association
Defence Extradition Lawyers Association Forum
Extradition Lawyers Association
Female Fraud Forum
Women in Criminal Law
Private Prosecutors’ Association
Awards
Winner of the 2013 Kalisher Trust Essay Competition
Education
MA Law, University of Cambridge (St John’s College)
MPhil in Criminology, University of Cambridge (St John’s College)
BPTC, BPP Law School
Astbury Scholar, Middle Temple
Elected to a McMahon Law Studentship, St John’s College, Cambridge
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Fraud: crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Natalie McNamee – Foundry Chambers ‘Natalie is a powerful advocate who always knows her brief inside out.’
Foundry Chambers has ‘a great reputation and strength in depth for fraud work‘. John McGuinness KC has established strength in prosecuting and defending in a broad range of fraud matters, including money laundering offences and VAT fraud cases. Natalie McNamee is ‘a tremendous advocate‘ who ‘handles difficult, sizeable, complex, multi-handed fraud matters with confidence‘. The ‘very persuasive‘ Benjamin Waidhofer is regularly instructed for the defence in complex fraud work. Jessica Tate is representing a man in a case concerning alleged money laundering, involving the trading and brokering of cryptocurrency into fiat currency.