Lauded for going ‘above and beyond to help clients’, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognised for its strong corporate crime defence and cross-border expertise, advising on high-profile matters involving the SFO, FCA, global sanctions enforcement and wider regulatory, fraud and cybercrime issues. The team is jointly led by Andrew Reeves, who focuses on bribery, corruption, fraud and money laundering investigations; Neil O’May, who brings extensive experience in domestic and multinational financial crime matters; and David Harris, a key contact for financial services clients. Stuart Neely handles ESG and fraud-related mandates, while Claudia Van Gruisen is a key associate, noted for her work on major anti-bribery and money laundering investigations.
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Testimonials
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- 'Neil O’May leads a team of talented and collaborative lawyers who work together to devise and execute the right strategy to tackle complex crises for clients. Claudia Van Guisen and Tim Jones are young, enthusiastic specialists.'
- 'They are very proactive and have a deep knowledge of different industries, markets and geographies.'
- 'They are very good at team work with other legal teams in other jurisdictions and can lead very sophisticated matters with different areas of practice involved.'
- 'David Harris, Eleanor Flanigan, Naomi Miles and Claudia Van Gruisen form a very integrated team, very proactive and final client oriented. They can lead very sophisticated issues with different areas of practices involved.'
- 'Ruth Cowley is immensely competent across a wide variety of areas and gives practical, swift and commercially focused advice. Lots of firms struggle to give definitive advice on complex areas but Ruth does this with ease. Also, very client focused and supportive, totally understands the challenges GCs face re costs and internal messaging which is helpful.'
- 'Andrew Reeves is very supportive and helpful lawyer with great subject matter expertise. Also very good at horizon scanning and identifying future issues which need to be considered as well as the current issues. A pleasure to deal with.'
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Andrew Reeves
Practice head
Neil O’May; David Harris; Andrew Reeves
Other key lawyers
Stuart Neely; Claudia Van Gruisen; Tim Jones; Ruth Cowley