About
Nick is a solicitor on the Dispute Resolution team and works within the firm’s Business Crime and Regulatory Investigations group.
He has assisted on a range of both national and international criminal and regulatory disputes, investigations and enforcement actions; covering fraud, anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, dawn raids, ABC/AML and KYC due diligence, health and safety investigations and coronial inquests.
Nick previously worked in criminal investigations, enforcement and prosecutions, and as an in-house paralegal advising on risk and compliance, anti-bribery and corruption and anti-money laundering policies and procedures. He holds a master’s degree and PhD in anti-bribery and anti-corruption enforcement.
Experience
- Public and private entities: Acting for several clients in relation to breaches of trade sanctions, and related criminal investigations by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the National Crime Agency.
- Various private entities: Acting on multiple internal fraud investigations for international companies regarding Crown Prosecution Service investigations.
- Various private entities: Advising companies on their anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering and anti-financial crime compliance procedures.
- Various private entities: Acting for companies in the waste and manufacturing sectors in connection with criminal investigations by the Environment Agency.
- Various private entities: Acting on various internal investigations for potential regulatory and/or enforcement actions by the Crown Prosecution Service, Health and Safety Executive, Financial Conduct Authority and Office for Nuclear Regulation.
- A multinational aerospace, defence and security company: Advising a multinational aerospace, defence and security company on compliance with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2023)
- LLM and PhD: Anti-Bribery and Corruption Enforcement