Zoe Osborne

FCPA/Anti-Corruption, Independent & Internal Investigations, Financial Services, White-Collar Defense

Partner

Zoe Osborne's practice focuses on cross-border financial crime and contentious regulatory investigations and litigation. She has represented numerous clients in investigations by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Financial Conduct Authority, as well as in internal investigations, and investigations and defense work before other agencies and regulators in the UK and worldwide. Zoe has a breadth of experience across sectors, jurisdictions and enforcement agencies, and is regularly involved in advising on crisis management issues, including cyber security.

Clients have sought Zoe's advice and counsel in matters involving allegations of bribery, fraud, money laundering, and other financial crimes. Most recently, she advised the Board of Serco in connection with a criminal investigation by the SFO into allegations of fraud and false accounting and negotiated only the fifth Deferred Prosecution Agreement in the UK.

Supplementing her deep skillfulness in investigations, Zoe brings a wealth of financial services contentious regulatory and compliance experience gained during secondments with Citigroup and Barclays and while in private practice. She has represented institutions and individuals in relation to regulatory issues including market abuse, systems and controls failings, and breaches of regulatory requirements. She also has undertaken investigations for financial institutions involving the wholesale foreign exchange market, credit default swaps, government bonds and sovereigns, supranationals, and agencies bonds (SSAs).

LPC, Nottingham Law School, with Commendation LL.B., University of Birmingham, Law with Honors