Described by its clients as a ‘powerhouse for advice to corporates on corporate crime’, Hogan Lovells International LLP runs the gamut of corporate and financial crime issues, handling enforcement issues, whistleblowing matters, criminal liability cases, and internal investigations. Liam Naidoo heads up the team and has a particular focus on advising corporate clients on corruption issues and other financial crime. Claire Lipworth, who clients laud for her ’unrivalled experience and knowledge of the field’, has in-agency prosecutorial experience from the FCA; Lipworth is a key contact for money laundering and fraud issues. Naidoo and Lipworth work alongside the ‘tactically astute and highly intelligent’ Olga Tocewicz, who ably assists on multijurisdictional investigations and enforcement actions.
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Testimonials
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‘A powerful team, full of experience and practical know-how, backed by a deep corporate reservoir of expertise in every problem that business and finance has ever thrown up.’
‘Claire Lipworth has unrivalled experience and knowledge of the field.’
‘Liam Naidoo is the best of the best. A brilliant lawyer. Fantastic with clients too.’
‘Hogan Lovells is a powerhouse for advice to corporates on corporate crime. A genuine breadth of experience that few firms can match.’
‘Claire Lipworth is a true stand out for her depth of experience and pragmatism. She is cool, calm and collected and able to distil issues quickly and succinctly.'
‘Olga Tocewicz is an outstanding addition to the team and fully deserves recognition. A highly experienced corporate crime lawyer, she is calm under pressure, tactically astute and highly intelligent. I would recommend Olga to any corporate needing assistance in this space.’
‘Excellent white-collar expertise combined with an extremely capable and hard-hitting litigation practice. A go-to firm for matters that straddle investigations and commercial litigation.’
‘The team is stocked with excellent individuals at every level. Claire Lipworth has seen and done it all. Liam Naidoo is fast building a name for himself as a capable operator in the market.'
Key clients
- ENRC
Work highlights
- Advising a global fintech entity in respect of an ongoing criminal investigation conducted by the enforcement division of the FCA into breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017.
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Liam Naidoo