Professional Qualifications

  • Barrister in England and Wales

Prior Experience

  • Partner, London office of International law firm 2013-2018
  • Head of the Bribery & Corruption Divisions, UK Serious Fraud Office 2012-2013
  • Case Controller & Investigative lawyer, Serious Fraud Office 2008-2012
  • Criminal Law specialist barrister [Trial attorney] 1996-2008

Recognitions

  • Most Important Case of the Year (SFO v Barclays), Global Investigations Review, 2020
  • Outstanding Employed Barrister in a Law Firm award, Bar Council of England & Wales, 2020
  • Listed in Who’s Who Legal 2020, Best Lawyers in the UK 2019; Legal 500 UK, 2013-2018

Education

  • Pembroke College, Oxford University, MA Jurisprudence, 2010
  • Inns of Court School of Law, Bar Vocational Course 1995
  • Pembroke College, Oxford University, BA Jurisprudence, 1994
  • Portora Royal School, Enniskillen

Memberships

  • Trustee of the Fraud Advisory Panel
  • Past Chairman of the Bar Association of Commerce, Finance and Industry
  • Member of the UK Anti-Corruption Forum
  • Master of the Bench of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
  • Member of the General Management Committee of the Bar Council of England & Wales
  • Member of the Employed Bar Committee of the Bar Council
  • Bar Vocational Course
  • Degree of the Utter Barrister