Edmonds Marshall McMahon

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• ‘For many years, the firm has had a high reputation as punching above its weight in relation to financial and business crime matters, and, in particular, in relation to private prosecution work. The recruitment of Satnam Tumani, a pre-eminent specialist in bribery and corruption litigation, from Kirkland and Ellis, to head up their investigations and white-collar defence practice signalled a serious intention to be a big player in that market. I believe that the development of that work has made good on that promise. They remain, however, a comparatively small niche practice, which gives them all the advantages of speeding manoeuvrability and, potentially, economies of scale. What I say about the firm is primarily based on my direct knowledge of individuals as set out below. Where I do not know the answer, I have left the sliders below untouched. This does not reflect damp praise, but rather lack of knowledge. ’
• ‘I am most familiar with the work of Satnam Tumani. I worked with him in substantial cases when he was at the SFO and, when he was at Kirkland & Ellis, in civil and criminal litigation/ investigations connected with SFO investigations. He is, in my view, a first rate lawyer who can keep a grip on the most complex and demanding litigation. As a former head of the SFO’s bribery and corruption department he has an unrivalled insight into financial crime cases from both sides of the game. Nobody can play the three-dimensional chess required in bribery and corruption litigation better than him. I have worked with him as instructed KC in connection with the defence of executives and corporates in such cases, most recently, being instructed to represent an executive in connection with the SFO investigation in to Amec Foster Wheeler PLC and to represent the Rio Tinto Group in connection with the SFO investigation into suspected corruption in the conduct of business in the Republic of Guinea by the Rio Tinto group, its employees and others associated with it. (https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2017/07/24/sfo-opens-investigation-into-the-rio-tinto-group/). A tribute to his and our work, is that the SFO closed its investigation. I continued to advise in relation to the Australian proceedings. I am also familiar with the work of Carolina Cabral, Senior Associate, who is a former colleague in Chambers, and who I rate highly as an expert in financial and business crime cases. ’

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