Pamela Reddy advises on a full spectrum of high-stakes white collar defense matters and investigations.

Leveraging more than 25 years’ experience, Pamela guides global companies and their senior executives across the entire life cycle of an investigation — from the initial internal investigation and potential self-reporting, to interviews under caution and defending clients in jury trials. She represents clients in:

  • Governmental enforcement and investigations involving allegations of UK and cross-border fraud, bribery and corruption, market abuse, and money laundering
  • High-profile public inquiries 
  • Internal investigations
  • Non-financial misconduct investigations, including those involving allegations of abuse at well-known sports clubs, sexual misconduct, bullying, and racial discrimination

Pamela regularly defends clients against allegations of corporate criminal liability. She helps clients navigate politically sensitive and often-multijurisdictional matters before the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), UK Financial Reporting Council, US Department of Justice (DOJ), and Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). 

A recognized leader among the UK’s white collar bar, Pamela is a member of the City of London Law Society’s Corporate Crime and Corruption Committee, as well as a founding member of Women in Criminal Law, an organization designed to connect and promote professional women across the criminal justice sector. She is also a former officer of the International Bar Association’s Business Crime Committee.

Prior to joining the firm, she was a partner at another global law firm. Before that, she led a team at a boutique criminal law firm. 

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 

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Postgraduate Diploma, College of Law, Guildford, 1995
  • Law and Politics LLB with Honors, University of Buckingham, 1994