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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner—Sarah Klein

01 December 2020
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Firm announces hire of corporate crime expert

International firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) announced the hire of Sarah Klein, who joins the global investigations practice in the London office from January 2021.

Sarah joins from Kirkland & Ellis where she handled a wide range of corporate crime and investigations matters, encompassing criminal defence work, criminal and regulatory investigations, as well as providing compliance advice to corporations. Sarah also spent time working for the Serious Fraud Office.

Mukul Chawla QC, chief criminal counsel and partner in the firm’s European white collar crime team, said: ‘I am so pleased that Sarah has chosen to join our team at BCLP and I look forward to working with her to support our clients in managing their most difficult and complex issues.’

Sarah said: ‘I am delighted to be joining Mukul and the wider BCLP team during this exciting transformative time as we implement the firm’s newly focused strategy under Project Advance. I look forward to further developing BCLP’s criminal defence capability and working in the Global Investigations Practice to provide clients with the highest quality representation.'

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