When reputations, liberty, and enterprise value are on the line, clients retain us to establish the facts and then provide strategic counsel and a principled plan of action. Michelman Robinson’s corporate crime & investigations team acts for companies, executives, investors, sovereigns, whistleblowers, and entrepreneurs in complex criminal, regulatory, and reputational matters, often with cross-border implications and under the glare of international media scrutiny.
With London as our global corporate crime & investigations hub, our experience spans some of the most consequential fraud and corruption investigations of recent years. Our team, which includes former senior prosecutors and general counsel, has venerable expertise in the full range of financial crime issues, including multinational corporate internal investigations, anti-money laundering provisions, asset tracing, and private prosecutions. We include in our multidisciplinary team in-house forensic accountancy support up to partner level.
Our highly ranked group of private prosecution and civil recovery specialists also assist victims of high-value and complex frauds where law enforcement can’t or won’t act, working with clients to pursue justice, recover misappropriated assets and remediate wrongdoing through both the criminal and civil courts.
The team’s work includes an abundance of experience in non-contentious financial crime and regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering policy and training, and red flag due diligence for financial crimes and money laundering on corporate mergers and acquisitions. We routinely act on behalf of private equity companies, hedge funds, major listed international corporations, family offices, sovereign states, high-net-worth individuals, cryptocurrency providers, FinTech companies, and the banking sector.
We represent clients caught up in investigations and proceedings brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO, UK), Department of Justice (DOJ, US), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, US), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, UK), His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC, UK), and other enforcement authorities worldwide. Our work touches every facet of financial crime: tax fraud, bribery, market manipulation, money laundering, sanctions violations, whistleblower allegations, and governance failures. Whether advising a founder under indictment, leading a multi-year internal probe for a multinational, or providing expert evidence in an international arbitration, we bring technical know-how, discretion, and a trial-tested mindset to every matter.
At Michelman Robinson, our aim is to help clients avoid implication in financial crime allegations altogether, quietly resolving inquiries and minimizing exposure without sacrificing strategic position. We know how to engage prosecutors and regulators and shape outcomes before they enter the public domain. And when litigation is unavoidable, we litigate with skill, determination, tenacity, speed, and credibility that few firms can match.
From proactive audits to crisis response, we help clients assess risk, protect assets, and preserve trust.
