England - London • Risk advisory
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Boasting ‘great people from top to bottom’, the corporate crime practice at Mishcon de Reya LLP offers comprehensive advice on all aspects of criminal investigations, frequently drawing on the insolvency, employment, data, and reputation management departments within the firm. The team covers a considerable breadth of work, handling everything from day-to-day internal investigations to high-stakes law enforcement raids, as well as demonstrating expertise dealing with the SFO, FCA, and US DOJ. Johanna Walsh is a ’first-rate team leader’, specialising in serious fraud and money laundering cases, while Matthew Ewens has experience assisting clients with HMRC tax fraud proceedings and SFO prosecutions. Alison Geary focuses on market abuse and cartel matters, and solicitor-advocate Kizzy Augustin provides strategic support during criminal investigations and inquests.
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Testimonials
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‘Great people from top to bottom. Where every case matters.’
‘Johanna Walsh- first rate team leader- wonderfully insightful.'
- 'Matthew Ewens - tremendous tactician, eye for detail and errors, personable and trusted by clients.’
‘Jo is an extraordinarily talented lawyer and has been for many years. She has an unbelievable capacity to soak up work and pressure and wears it all so lightly. A wonderful human touch with clients and colleagues, belies a sharp whip smart brain. Fantastic lawyer.’
‘A great team with very strong commercial support.’
‘Joanne Walsh is a very talented and effective leader of the team.’
Key clients
- London Capital & Finance PLC
- London Investment Manager
- Barote Construction Ltd
Work highlights
- Instructed by the administrators of London Capital & Finance PLC following the collapse of the listed company in January 2019 and the subsequent SFO investigation.
- Advising a substantial and well-known family-owned business on highly sensitive allegations of criminal wrongdoing made by an employee against the CEO.
- Advising a well-known and significant British media company in connection with a criminal investigation.
Lawyers
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Leading individuals
Johanna Walsh is a Partner in the White Collar Crime & Investigations Group. She has experience in domestic and international serious fraud, corruption and money laundering cases, acting for senior individuals in prosecutions brought by the SFO, FCA and CPS, as well as investigations by the NCA. Johanna has also acted for a range of corporates, from SMEs to FTSE 100 companies in relation to allegations of fraud and corruption, conducting internal investigations and representing them in external investigations and prosecutions. Johanna is named in Legal 500 in 2018 and 2019 for Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime. She is named as a leading individual in Business Crime Defence in the 2019 edition of Who's Who Legal, as well as an Investigations Future Leader in Who's Who Legal's 2019 and 2018 editions, which notes that "her expertise in multi-jurisdictional investigations involving state authorities makes her a go-to practitioner." She was also recognised in the 2017 edition of 40 Under 40 by the Global Investigations Review, recognising accomplished young investigations lawyers who will help shape the future of this fast-evolving area of law. Johanna is a member of the Fraud Lawyers Association and the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Johanna Walsh