• International Diploma (Graduate), Anti Money Laundering - ICA / Manchester Business School, 2012
• The Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation - 2010
• Called to the Bar: 2006 (Inner Temple)
• Bar Vocational Course – BPP School of Law, 2006
• Postgraduate Diploma in Law – University of Westminster, 2004
• Postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies – London School of Economics, 1994

• Barrister, qualified in England & Wales

• A leading fund manager - on a DFSA investigation into certain valuation and corporate governance matters.*
• ABN AMRO - on the DIFC's first major Part 9 transfer of business scheme in the DIFC Court. Advising and acting for Ahli United Bank on its Part 9 transfer of business application in the DIFC Court.*
• Numerous clients - on regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, including successfully defending clients in the DFSA's first major market abuse investigation, and acting for a client on the ADGM FSRA's first major enforcement investigation.*
• A confidential client - on obtaining a licence in the ADGM to operate a multilateral trading facility for the trading of crypto assets.*
• A European money services firm - on obtaining a licence for the DFSA's Innovation Testing Lab programme to operate a multi-asset DEFI app.*
• DFSA laws - Part of the team that drafted significant number of DFSA laws including DFSA AML module, the recognition regime, markets law and rules, listing rules, DFSA market abuse regime, financial promotions regime, representative office rules and amendments to client assets rules.*
• A key Middle East regulator - on policy issues and drafting the resultant financial services legislation.*

*Denotes experience gained prior to joining the firm.

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