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Sara George
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Work Department
Securities Enforcement and Regulatory, Commercial Litigation and Disputes, White Collar Defense and Investigations
Position
Partner
Career
SARA GEORGE is Sidley's lead Crisis Management and Strategic Response lawyer in Europe. She is a former prosecutor for the Financial Services Authority (FSA), and brought the first criminal prosecution by the FSA against a director for misleading the market (Regina v. Rigby and Bailey), the first Listing Rule contravention, numerous market abuse cases, and refusals of authorization.
Sara has extensive experience conducting independent and internal investigations, and representing corporations in crisis situations and in matters involving allegations of criminal misconduct, including market abuse, insider dealing, money laundering, cybersecurity breaches, fraud, corruption, and bribery.