Sara Teasdale

Criminal litigation, regulatory investigations

Sara Teasdale has consistently been involved in some of the most high profile and complex white-collar crime and contentious regulatory cases. She has extensive experience of criminal and regulatory investigations and prosecutions brought by the SFO; FCA; CMA; MHRA; DOJ and the CFTC. Sara acts primarily for senior, often high-profile individuals and corporate clients. Sara also advises individuals in relation to internal investigations. Sara's notable cases include acting for a corporation in Operation Holbein (SFO investigation into alleged criminal cartel activity in the pharmaceutical industry) and acting for individuals in a number of SFO corruption cases including BAE systems corruption investigation into South African arms deals and more recently Sweett Group plc. Sara also acted for a UK based property developer charged with bribery relating to property dealings with the government ministers in the Turks & Caicos Islands ("TCI"). Sara's other main practice area is acting for individuals in the financial sector being investigated by the FCA. Sara acted for the former finance Director of the main trading arm of Cattles PLC in the high profile "Cattles" FCA case and also acted in the parallel FRC (formerly the AADB) regulatory/disciplinary proceedings. Sara also represented a number of traders at a range of different banks in LIBOR-related investigations brought by SFO, FCA, DOJ and CFTC.

Manchester Victoria University (LLB Hons); The College of Law (Legal Practice Course, commendation).