The investigations and white-collar defence offering at Paul Hastings LLP acts for leading manufacturers, media corporations, tech companies, and clients in the financial sector. ‘Superb lawyer and brilliant leader’ Jonathan Pickworth heads up the team and focuses on AML, tax evasion, fraud, and corruption matters. Pickworth works alongside Joanna Dimmock, noted for her expertise in international corruption, cartels, extradition, and sanctions issues, and Morgan Miller, who splits his time between the firm’s London and Washington DC offices. Arun Srivastava is a key name for regulatory issues. Former prosecutor Stuart Alford KC joined from Latham & Watkins in February 2024, strengthening the firm’s global investigations offering. Other core members of the team include Tom Hickey, who handles internal investigations, and experienced litigator Adina Ezekiel. Rebecca Copcutt left the team in April 2023.
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‘A brilliant team with an inspired leader. Recognised as world class and a delight to work with. They achieve astonishing results as a result of their all round excellence.’
‘Jonathan Pickworth is a superb lawyer and a brilliant leader. He is imaginative and innovative. One of the best lawyers of his generation. A true visionary.’
‘Reliable, responsive and capable.’
'Stuart Alford KC is in a very elite band of leading Counsel, King's Counsel, who has credible experience in-house as a prosecutor at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), as well as many years advising the boards of international corporates and financial institutions at the highest level. Accordingly, he is viewed by the city and his peers as a trusted adviser and one stop defence counsel.'
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Joanna Dimmock
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Adina Ezekiel
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Jonathan Pickworth
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Joanna Dimmock; Stuart Alford KC; Morgan Miller; Arun Srivastava; Adina Ezekiel; Tom Hickey