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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP Offices

22 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Vanessa McGoldrick

Work Department
White Collar Defense and Investigations
Position
Counsel
Career
Vanessa McGoldrick advises clients on a broad range of cross-border regulatory, criminal and civil investigations and financial crime matters, including bribery and corruption, money laundering, financial sanctions, fraud and tax evasion.
Ms. McGoldrick has represented clients before a range of U.K. prosecutors and regulators, including the Financial Conduct Authority, Serious Fraud Office, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Competition and Markets Authority, as well as advised clients facing parallel investigations and proceedings by other international regulators.
She has conducted numerous internal investigations involving allegations of corporate misconduct and has completed a secondment to a major international bank’s financial crime (legal) team, advising on a range of money laundering, bribery and corruption and sanctions matters.
Ms. McGoldrick also counsels companies on compliance programs designed to prevent and detect violations of laws and provides advice on financial crime issues arising in due diligence exercises in the context of corporate transactions.
Memberships
- Solicitor, England and Wales
Education
- Legal Practice Course, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, 2010
- LL.B., University of Exeter, 2008
Lawyer Rankings
London > Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
(Leading associates)Vanessa McGoldrick – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Ryan Junck heads up the ‘admirable‘ global white-collar defence and investigations team at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, which stands out for its strength in cross-border and multijurisdictional matters. Junck regularly advises on compliance reviews and corporate governance matters, and his expertise encompasses insider trading, financial fraud, corruption, and money laundering issues. Andrew Good is regularly instructed by financial institutions facing SEC and DoJ investigations, while Vanessa McGoldrick is a name to note for cross-border regulatory and criminal bribery and corruption, tax evasion, and money laundering matters. Elizabeth Robertson left the team in December 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading associates London > Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates) London > Risk advisory
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds