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Bindmans LLP

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Remaining at the ‘forefront of criminal defence’, Bindmans LLP’s practice specialises in representing individuals caught up in complex financial crime investigations conducted by the FCA and HMRC, along with white-collar crime claims spanning from bribery to money laundering. Counting HNW individuals, professionals, and CEOs among her clientbase, the 'calm, efficient and pragmatic' Katie Wheatley leads the London group, bringing vast expertise of serious fraud and internal investigations to the team. ’Simply fantastic’ Kate Goold has experience acting in complex extradition proceedings and tax investigations, while Tayab Ali regularly assists individuals with protecting their reputations against false public and criminal allegations, as well as covering both criminal and civil law issues.

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  • ‘Bindmans are a brilliant firm. The passion and commitment of their lawyers is amazing. The firm is well-resourced and efficiently run.’

  • ‘Bindmans have been at the forefront of criminal defence for many years and have maintained that position through continuing to recruit and nurture talented young lawyers. They are large enough to offer expertise across all areas of crime and to have the resources to run large cases, but not so large as to have lost their unique sense of identity.’

  • ‘I have been extremely impressed by Catherine Jackson. Her intelligence and efficiency was quickly apparent from the speed at which she digested the evidence and identified the key issues in the case. Her judgement was impeccable.'

  • ‘Katie Wheatley is excellent; a very thoughtful lawyer who is collaborative in common interest situations. Kate Goold is simply fantastic and hugely committed to her clients.’

  • ‘Kate Goold brings understanding, experience, and composure. She has been dealing with the most serious offences for many years and her client care skills are truly exceptional. Catherine Jackson is the perfect all-round solicitor - she is organised, dedicated, intelligent and thoughtful. Her cases are always litigated with the highest levels of professionalism and diligence.’

  • ‘Katie Wheatley and Kate Goold are highly committed senior lawyers who will expertly fight the corner of an individual investigated for fraud.’

  • ‘Bindmans has excellent business crime expertise and continues to punch above its weight.’

  • ‘Katie Wheatley is calm, efficient and pragmatic, handling demanding clients with ease and ensuring the case stays firmly on the right track.’

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Katie Wheatley

Katie Wheatley

Bindmans LLP

Partner, Head of Crime, Fraud and Regulatory. Katie has vast experience in many areas of criminal law. She acts for and advises individual clients and organisations about a range of criminal and regulatory law issues, including investigations and prosecutions. Katie advises in connection with investigations and prosecutions for allegations of serious fraud financial and business crime, including conspiracy to defraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and money laundering. She also acts for and advises employees, directors trustees and organisations in connection with allegations and investigations and prosecutions of business crime, including corporate manslaughter, gross negligence and unlawful act manslaughter, Health and Safety breaches, theft and assault. She advises in connection with individual liability for allegations of criminal misconduct in the workplace and criminal liability of organisations for the acts of their employees. Katie also has special expertise in private prosecutions. She has established a particularly strong reputation for advising journalists and media organisations, especially in investigations relating to their work, including arrests, searches, production orders, protection of journalist material, whistleblowing and allegations of breaches of the Official Secrets Act, whistle-blowers or undercover operations which have attracted police interest or attention. She regularly advises about the intersection of the criminal law with the work of journalists and acts in respect of investigations and prosecutions for breach of court reporting restrictions. Katie also acts in criminal cases involving allegations of serious general crime including murder and manslaughter. She has special experience in advising in connection with allegations that relate to end of life decisions such as encouraging and assisting suicide and 'mercy killings.' She acts for individuals and organisations who are designated Interested Parties at Inquests in circumstances where a person’s death is unexplained or is believed to have occurred as a result of a criminal act. In addition, Katie acts for landlords in criminal and regulatory cases involving allegations of breaches of regulations relating to properties, including houses of multiple occupations, fire safety, planning and tree preservation.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Katie Wheatley

Other key lawyers

Kate Goold, Tayab Ali, Catherine Jackson