Quinton Newcomb > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Fieldfisher counts senior executives in the energy, manufacturing, and automotive sectors among its strong roster of clients. With notable strength in advising witnesses on large-scale investigations as well as internal investigations, the team works closely with the firm’s civil fraud group to provide a comprehensive offering. Under the leadership of ‘excellent‘ barrister Quinton Newcomb, the team also includes Shiv Haria-Shah, who has extensive experience handling multijurisdictional investigations and large-scale compliance mandates, and the ‘bright, talented and hardworking‘ William Glover.

The commercial crime team at Fieldfisher works closely with the firm’s larger dispute resolution offering and civil fraud team to provide a full-service offering with a notable emphasis on cross-border instructions. Described by clients as ‘clearly brilliant and supremely fluent in the law’, practice head Quinton Newcomb takes point on complex multijurisdictional internal investigations as well as compliance reviews; ‘truly exceptional‘ litigator Shiv Haria-Shah is another key name here. The core team also includes William Glover, who ably assists with internal criminal investigations concerning POCA, bribery, and corruption allegations.

The London office of Fieldfisher is home to a dedicated emerging markets team that brings together finance, corporate, capital markets, regulatory and disputes expertise. ‘An absolutely stellar firm with real expertise across a wide range of disciplines‘, say clients. The firm advised the Kazakh sovereign wealth fund on the IPO of the country’s national air carrier. Project and asset finance partner Matt Hinxman, corporate and energy partner Nodir Sidikov, and head of the Africa desk Cecily Davis lead the group, which also calls on the skills of commercial crime specialist Quinton Newcomb, CIS corporate lawyer Anastasiya Kapustina and many others.

Hailed for being ‘exceptionally strong’, Fieldfisher counts sports governing bodies and associations among its key clients, fielding a cross-disciplinary offering based around corporate, dispute resolution and employment matters. Andrew Sanderson leads, boasting vast experience in handling health and safety reviews and defending in prosecutions; Colin Gibson primarily focuses on arbitrations; while Matthew Lohn and Quinton Newcomb are also cited as key ports of call.