Foundry Chambers

Foundry Chambers

Prosecution and defence.

Natalie McNamee is a meticulous and skilled advocate with an excellent track record of dealing with cases well above her level of call. She has a mixed practice, encompassing criminal prosecution and defence, fraud and financial crime, extradition, tax litigation, business regulation and local government work. Financial crime is her particular specialism, and she acts for both prosecution and defence in complex fraud trials.

In 2023, Natalie was one of seven barristers accepted into the Treasury Counsel Pathway Scheme: a 12-month positive action scheme for advocates who have the potential to become Treasury Counsel in the future.

Natalie has been ranked as a Leading Junior in the Legal 500 for Fraud (Crime) for three years:

‘extremely tenacious and extremely intelligent’

‘Natalie is a dedicated and hard-working advocate who is fiercely committed to the interests of her professional or personal client. She is incredibly intelligent and comfortable with complex financial and expert evidence.’

‘Natalie is prodigiously hard-working and an excellent lawyer. She has a very good manner with juries and presents complex financial information in an effective way.’

Treasury Counsel Pathway Participant, 2023 – 2024 SFO Prosecution ‘B’ Panel SFO Proceeds of Crime and International Assistance ‘C’ Panel CPS Advocate Panel (General Crime) – Level 4 CPS Specialist Fraud Panel – Level 4 CPS Serious Crime Group – Level 3 CPS Extradition Panel – Level 2 CPS Proceeds of Crime Panel – Level 2

Vice Chair of Foundry Chambers Pupillage Committee Middle Temple Criminal Bar Association Fraud Lawyers Association Defence Extradition Lawyers Association Forum Extradition Lawyers Association Female Fraud Forum Women in Criminal Law Private Prosecutors’ Association

Winner of the 2013 Kalisher Trust Essay Competition

MA Law, University of Cambridge (St John’s College) MPhil in Criminology, University of Cambridge (St John’s College) BPTC, BPP Law School Astbury Scholar, Middle Temple Elected to a McMahon Law Studentship, St John’s College, Cambridge