England - London • Risk advisory
Morrison Foerster
Best known for dealing with complex cross-border financial crime corruption, bribery and money laundering investigations, Morrison Foerster’s global client base rate the team for its ‘pragmatic and agile mindset’. The team also has an increased offering in the sanctions field, advising corporations and financial institutions with highly sensitive compliance matters relating to UK, EU, and US sanctions. The department is jointly headed by Saqib Alam, who assists companies with regulatory investigations; Hayley Ichilcik, a specialist in AML and tax evasion matters; and Gareth Rees KC, whose areas of expertise include sanctions and fraud. Paul Friedman is an expert on cross-border disputes. Of counsel Chloe Kearns is also noted.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Hayley Ichilcik is a very able lawyer whose commercial practice covers a wide range of areas, and she’s adept at each of them; she’s clever, tough, charming, and a delight to work with. Clients love her, as does her legal team: she provides encouragement, reassurance and adept handling of the most difficult case. First-rate.'
- 'Chloe Kearns is absolutely superb! She’s extremely clever; she’s an excellent lawyer, with a particularly deep knowledge of the financial services regulatory sphere; she’s immensely hard-working; she produces outstanding documents; and is utterly delightful to work with. She would be my first choice for a commercial associate on a tough case.'
- 'Gareth Rees - with immense regulatory experience, he’s simply statesman-like; and quietly gains the respect of all around him. He has a calm, confident and reassuring manner that only comes through years of experience in fighting at the coal-face. You want him on your team; and you certainly don’t want him on the other side. He’s terrific.’
‘Top lawyers with a pragmatic and agile mindset.'
‘Gareth Rees KC and Hayley Ichilcik provide wise expertise to an impressive book of clients. In particular, Hayley is exceptionally bright, hardworking, encyclopedic recall and tactical nous to go CE great value to her corporate client base. Her previous experience at the SFO provides an added edge.’
‘Highly skilled and experienced in relation to investigations, with experience in corporate responses and how to handle individuals within the corporate response.’
‘Hayley Ichilcik - worked with her across a number of cases. Astute, excellent on the law, dedicated to getting the best result for her client.’
Lawyers
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Saqib Alam, Hayley Ichilcik, Gareth Rees KC