Bindmans LLP

Crime, Fraud and Regulatory.

Partner, Crime, Fraud and Regulatory.

With almost 30 years’ experience as a criminal solicitor, Kate has extensive expertise in defending complex and serious crime and extradition including all aspects of business crime and fraud, money laundering, restraint and confiscation and cross-border investigations. She is particularly well regarded for her skill in dealing with politically sensitive, high profile, and controversial cases and has recently seen success in University Disciplinary proceedings.

Kate has a broad extradition practice and has successfully challenged applications for extradition, many of which are politically sensitive, to both Category 1 and Category 2 territories. She advises on Interpol Red Notices and Mutual Legal Assistance Requests and liaises closely with US Attorneys in negotiations with the DOJ and defending related SEC actions where appropriate.

Kate is also frequently instructed by those in the public eye whose reputation is everything. She fully understands the additional burden that press intrusion places on both the individual and prosecuting agency and is expert at navigating clients through the media storm.

Kate regularly provides advice pre-charge and during investigations brought by a range of prosecuting agencies, with regards to police powers, production orders, search and seizure, securing evidence and publicity. She has provided evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee regarding pre-charge bail and suspect anonymity, and also advises media organisations with regards to reporting restrictions and protection of journalistic material and sources.

Kate is a forceful defender of an individual’s rights and regularly draws on the Human Rights Act to ensure those rights are protected. She is widely respected for her sensitivity, tactical skill, attention to detail, her ability to tackle complex forensic issues and her thorough and determined pursuit of disclosure and defence leads.

Kate trained at Simons Muirhead and Burton in 1994 and qualified in 1996. She worked at Hickman and Rose before joining Bindmans LLP in 2000.

London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association The Extradition Sub-Committee Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum The Female Fraud Forum Fraud Lawyers Association Liberty

Kate graduated from Sussex University with First Class BA (Hons), and then completed the CPE and LPC at Middlesex Guildhall University.

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