Expertise
India joined the Global Investigations team in March 2019 as an Associate. India specialises in corporate crime including financial crime , and and health and safety breaches. India has experience in providing compliance advice on a range of regulatory areas including bribery, international sanctions and export control, money laundering food safety and hygiene, product labelling, and product safety. Her experience also includes conducting and advising on internal investigations and regulatory investigations and enfor ecment. India advises clients across a variety of different sectors including energy, retail and consumer, transport and construction.
India has also gained commercial experience while on secondment to the Regulatory Compliance team of a leading global oil and gas company at their offices in London. India gained a wide range of experience dealing with a variety of regulatory issues, including conducting internal investigations, advising on compliance with anti-bribery and corruption legislation from both a UK and US perspective including reviewing and drafting internal policies, procedures, online training and template contract clauses and providing practical day to day advice in relation to compliance related queries from different members of the business.
- Experience
India's recent experience includes:
- acting for Entain plc in securing court approval for the first ever Deferred Prosecution Agreement obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service.
- aassisting in a major investigation into alleged tax evasion and related money laundering offences.
- advising clients on their duties and obligations in circumstances where they have breached UK financial sanctions and providing analysis and advice on whether circumstances would be in breach. advising clients in relation to bribery, money laundering and health and safety risks including advice in relation to Covid-19 and risk assessments.
- assisting with a section two notice from the Serious Fraud Office including project management in document collection and review.
- advising clients in respect of health and safety and product safety investigations and enforcement action including successfully defending a Trading Standards prosecution. .
- advising client on internal whistleblowing complaints and conducting internal investigations. assisting with inquests, acting on behalf of three bereaved family members in the Manchester Arena bombing inquests
- advising a leading online retailer on their terms and conditions relating to delivery charges and returns advising client s on internal whistleblowing complaints and conducting internal investigations.
- dealing with allegations of breach of the consumer protection regime associated with reference pricing for a major fashion retailer
- representing a corporate body at an Inquest associated with double fatal electrocutions on overhead lines
- Inquests: A assisting with inquests, acting on behalf of three bereaved family members in the Manchester Arena bombing inquests ; the COVID-19 Public Inquiry and the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.
- advising clients in relation to compliance with EU regulation on product and food labelling in respect of novel products being brought to market
- reviewing corporate safeguarding policies
- advising a client on a product safety enforcement and using expert witness evidence to prevent prosecution.
