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Expanded AML remit for the FCA: a good or bad thing?
Colette Best
For even the best-run accountancy firms, things can still go wrong. Whether this relates to misconduct in the office or a breach of professional obligations at a work social event, responding promptly and effectively to the issue can minimise both regulatory and reputational risks.
As an independent investigator, we can help you by getting to the bottom of what went wrong. We draw on our compliance experience to advise on how to put it right and make recommendations so that lessons can be learnt and the risk of recurrence is minimised. We also advise on any reporting obligations to a regulator, for example the ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS or ICAI, which might exist in respect of the circumstances, including the best way for those obligations to be fulfilled while protecting the firm’s interests.
Recent work
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Case 1
Advising a large UK accountancy firm in an investigation into potential ethical breaches by two senior partners.
Case 2
Conducting an internal investigation in respect of alleged misconduct by multiple senior individuals in a private-equity backed accountancy firm.
Melinka Berridge
Partner and Head of Department
Jessica Clay
Partner
Hannah Eales
Partner
Iain Miller
Partner
Julie Norris
Partner
Andrew Sanderson
Partner
Shannett Thompson
Partner
Colette Best
Director of Anti-Money Laundering
Jenny Higgins
Legal Director
Sarah Atkinson
Senior Associate
Clare Hastie
Senior Associate
Louise Murphy-King
Senior Associate
Stephen Nelson
Senior Associate
Georgia Rose
Senior Associate
Kathryn Sheridan
Senior Associate (Barrister)
Laura Vignoles
Senior Associate (Barrister)
Sophie Allen
Associate
Kate Baggs
Associate
Zoe Beels
Associate
Jane David
Associate
Jessica Etherington
Associate
Darcy Moffatt
Associate (Foreign Qualified Lawyer)
Imogen Roberts
Associate
Natasha Savovic
Associate
Irène Schell
Associate
Lucy Williams
Consultant
Emily Wilton
Associate (Foreign Qualified Lawyer)
Tajmina Begum
Case Support Paralegal
Antonia Corbin
Case Support Paralegal
Jac Davies (Cymraeg)
Senior Paralegal
Jac Davies
Senior Paralegal
Ella Felstead
Senior Paralegal
Lorna George
Senior Paralegal
Harriet Kirsopp
Trainee Solicitor
Amicie Knowles
Senior Paralegal
Megan Lewis (Cymraeg)
Senior Paralegal
Megan Lewis
Senior Paralegal
Lily Matthews-Cook
Senior Paralegal
Madeleine Noton
Senior Paralegal
Nimra Shamas
Case Support Paralegal
Harrison Wisson
Senior Paralegal
