Chris Stott
Chris is a Principal Associate in our Corporate Crime and Investigations team. Chris advises a range of multinationals, financial institutions and individuals on criminal, regulatory and internal investigations and on compliance with UK anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) and other financial crime legislation and regulation.
Recent work (prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland) includes:
- Advising several multinational banks on criminal investigations and potential criminal liability arising from bench mark rate manipulation;
- Advising a bank on criminal and regulatory investigations concerning alleged fraud arising from conduct during the 2008 financial crisis;
- Acting for a US based private equity firm in connection with a private prosecution alleging fraud and forgery pursued against it by a former joint venture partner, including securing dismissal of the private prosecution and recovery of costs;
- Conducting an internal investigation for a major global consultancy firm concerning allegations of involvement in tax evasion in six jurisdictions.
Chris speaks regularly at industry events on AML and ABC related topics, and is the co-author of the chapter on deferred prosecution agreements in Lissack and Horlick on Bribery.