Annie Birch

Annie’s experience includes advising:

• A prominent consortium of companies in relation to a wide-ranging multi-jurisdictional SFO investigation, as well as liaising with numerous other UK and foreign regulators
• A high-profile shipping company in relation to the highly reported criminal and civil investigations by the Insolvency service, 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; advising on claims for breach of warranty and representations in the SPA post-acquisition
• A senior banking executive in multi-jurisdictional criminal and civil proceedings arising out of the JP Morgan “London Whale” case including DOJ, SEC, and FCA proceedings as well as extradition proceedings in Spain
• A leading international bank in relation to responding to requests from regulators in response to the liquidation of Wirecard AG amid allegations of fraud and criminal conduct*
• A FTSE 100 corporate and its executives in connection with an SFO investigation into a business partner and responding to related Section 2 requests*
• An individual in multi-jurisdictional claims against her deceased husband’s associates, involving multiple highly complex claims arising from a conspiracy to defraud her and her daughters*
• An African bank’s UK subsidiary in an internal investigation following whistleblower allegations from an employee*
• A UK branch of a major African bank and a director of that bank in relation to an FCA investigation and Section 166 review relating to breaches of the bank’s systems and controls for AML*
• Numerous companies on money laundering reporting obligations, and advice in relation to POCA 2002, the UK Bribery Act and compliance programs*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham