Ruth Paley > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Offices
1 WOOD STREET
CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 7WS
England
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Ruth Paley
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Ranked in the last three editions of Chambers and Partners, and formerly at the London Bar, Ruth has developed a highly specialist fraud and financial regulatory practice. She is frequently engaged to provide strategic advice and representation to city firms, financial institutions and regulators, with extensive experience in the financial regulatory sphere. Most recently she acted as lead lawyer for the London division of a two-year regulatory investigation (equivalent to a s.166 Skilled Person report) into the activities of a global bank, examining complex and wide-ranging issues of corporate governance, risk management and AML, managing twenty lawyers and AML professionals.
She is ideally placed to advise on matters that fall at the juncture of crime and regulation, having defended in the early insider dealing case of FSA v Rollins, and conducted many high-profile jury trials including fraudulent trading, fraudulent misrepresentation, construction industry/mortgage fraud and POCA offences.
Ruth has also worked with all the major prosecution agencies, recently undertaking a six-month appointment for the FCA as Independent LPP Counsel in respect of various investigations into alleged FSMA offences, s.89 FSA misleading statements, and insider dealing/market abuse. Whilst there she developed a particular specialism in relation to legal professional privilege and the crime/fraud exception. Other engagements include twelve months with the RCPO as counsel to a specialist disclosure review team; with the SFO advising on disclosure in complex fraud cases; an appointment with the Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board as counsel investigating an aspect of the Equitable Life affair; prosecuting for FACT and the GSCC; and providing advice on sufficiency of evidence for the Crown Prosecution Service as a Grade III prosecutor and CPS specialist panel advocate for the Serious and Organised Criminal, POCA, Fraud and Rape lists.
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Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital