Rebecca is a London-based Senior Associate in our corporate crime and investigations practice.
Rebecca helps clients in relation to investigations and proceedings by regulators and enforcement authorities regarding anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, bribery, corruption, sanctions non-compliance, tax evasion, fraud and corporate misconduct allegations. She has worked across the firm's London, Paris and Sydney offices.
Rebecca has completed a client secondment which involved leading an internal anti-bribery and corruption investigation and conducting a global anti-bribery and corruption risk assessment.
She also advises companies on their internal anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance procedures and advises on due diligence exercises and contractual protections in relation to compliance in the context of corporate and finance transactions.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- a number of clients on the associated money laundering risks of investments into cannabis-related businesses operating in the US and Canada
- Watchstone (formerly Quindell Plc) in relation to the UK SFO investigation into its accountancy and business practices
- assisting with the implementation of anti-bribery and corruption procedures, including revising ABC policies and conducting an ABC risk assessment of global subsidiaries whilst on secondment at a FTSE 100 company
- the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in civil penalty proceedings brought by AUSTRAC under the Australian Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) legislation