EXPERIENCE

Pamela’s experience includes representing:

Government Enforcement and Investigations

• A prominent consortium of companies in a wide-ranging multijurisdictional SFO investigation, and in liaising with other UK and non-UK regulators
• A high-profile shipping company in highly reported criminal and civil Insolvency Service investigations, which successfully resulted in the criminal investigation being dropped
• A global telecommunications company pre- and post-acquisition as part of a cross-border investigation into potential criminal activities, including politically sensitive embezzlement and corruption issues
• Multiple former non-executive directors in relation to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
• A leading international bank in responding to regulators’ requests following Wirecard AG’s liquidation amid allegations of fraud and criminal conduct*
• A significant witness to the SFO investigation into G4S*
• An individual in multijurisdictional claims against her deceased husband’s associates, involving multiple highly complex claims arising from a conspiracy to defraud her and her daughters*
• The CEO of a DFSA-registered fund manager in relation to a DFSA investigation*
• Multiple global banks and senior executives in Libor and Euribor investigations involving parallel proceedings between the FCA/SFO and DOJ/Commodity Futures Trading Commission*
• A senior Rolls Royce executive in an SFO investigation*
• A listed extractives company in a voluntary self-report to the SFO following its acquisition of an extractives company*
• Individuals in three jurisdictions of a global bank on an SFO enquiry and internal investigation concerning money laundering and breach of regulations*
• A suspect (against whom no criminal charges were brought) and a number of prosecution witnesses for the high-profile Operation Weeting into phone hacking*
• Clients in a number of cases relating to market abuse, including the first case of insider-dealing prosecuted by the then-named FSA*
• A foreign state in a UK National Crime Agency investigation into possible money laundering arising from a fraudulent US$500 million transaction and in securing the funds’ return*
• An African oil company’s CEO on the SFO investigation involving Afren*

Internal Investigations and General Advice

• A well-known sports club in investigating allegations of abuse, including advising on preparing and implementing a mitigation and risk management plan*
• A major international property development company in an internal investigation into potential corruption issues relating to high-value contracts following whistleblower allegations*
• Two senior executives of a listed specialist real estate development finance provider and asset manager in connection with an AIM investigation*
• An African mining company in an internal investigation following the arrest of one of its senior executives for bribery and corruption allegations*
• A business group manager of a French company on a multimillion-pound internal investigation following a self-report to the SFO*
• An African bank’s UK subsidiary in an internal investigation following whistleblower allegations from an employee*
• Multiple companies on money laundering allegations and the implications of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002*
• Multiple companies on the implications of the Bribery Act 2010*
• A global bank on criminal law risks and reporting obligations on carrying out covert intelligence investigations on the internet and dark web*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham