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Farah Sheraz

Associate
About

Farah is an Associate in the Corporate Crime and Investigations team at DLA Piper. Farah advises national and international clients in respect of allegations of serious and complex misconduct, including bribery, cyber breach, money laundering, fraud, and sanctions. She also advises on compliance programmes, policies and procedures, including risk assessments, training and conducting due diligence in the context of corporate transactions.

Farah is a mentor as part of the DLA Piper Head Start mentoring scheme, which supports young people from underrepresented groups who have the talent and ambition to join the legal profession.  Farah undertakes pro bono work in conjunction with Central England Law Centre and the Domestic Abuse Response Alliance. Farah is the Birmingham office co-lead and is part of the central steering committee for Mosaic, DLA Piper’s people network focusing on race and ethnicity in the workplace.

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Acting for a pharmaceuticals company in respect of an investigation into allegations of bribery, fraud and money laundering; successfully securing a DAML.
  • Acting for a retail bank defending private prosecutions initiated against its employees and senior officers.
  • Acting for a UK retail bank in connection with a large scale Cuban and Iranian sanctions investigation and back book review.
  • Acting for an international shoe manufacturer and retailer in an internal investigation into allegations of bribery and misconduct.
  • Acting for an international commercial and real estate company in respect of an investigation into its working capital scheme.
  • Acting for an international oil and gas company in an investigation relating to accounting irregularities and allegations of bribery, fraud and tax evasion.
Languages
  • English
  • Urdu
  • Punjabi
Education
  • The University of Law, Birmingham, MSc and LPC, 2018

  • University of Birmingham, Law LLB (Hons), 2017

Publications and media

  • ‘Chapter 9, AML and the Courts’, The Money Laundering Officer’s Practical Handbook, June 2023
  • ‘Chapter 9, AML and the Courts’, The Money Laundering Officer’s Practical Handbook, September 2020
  • ‘Compulsory Document Production Notices - Normal Service Resumed’, DLA Piper, 11 February 2021
  • ‘An Introduction to Investigations’, Managing Investigations – Best Practice in Government and Internal Investigations.A WorldECR Global Guide, 2021
  • ‘Extra-territorial investigative powers of the SFO’, The Company Lawyer, Issue 8, 2021

Additional News

  • Pro bono: Successfully obtained British nationality for children, in conjunction with Kids in Need of Defence UK and Central England Law Centre. Acted in relation to family reunion matters, alongside Central England Law Centre. Represented survivors of domestic abuse who are not eligible for legal aid, in conjunction with the Domestic Abuse Response Alliance.
  • Social mobility: mentor as part of the Head Start programme, a social mobility programme, supporting students to enter into and succeed in the legal profession.
  • People Networks: Co-lead for the Birmingham branch of Mosaic and member of the Central Mosaic Steerco, DLA Piper’s people network focusing on race and ethnicity in the workplace.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Farah Sheraz is a Solicitor registered with the Law Society of England & Wales.

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