Two appointments in business crime & regulatory practice
Jason Mansell has joined QEB Hollis Whiteman and Lucy J. Kennedy has returned to the set to reinforce its leading business crime and regulatory practice.
Jason is a defence specialist in FCA and professional disciplinary litigation and business-related crime. He defends individuals and corporates under criminal and/or regulatory investigation. Many of his instructions result in no public outcome, preserving confidentiality. He has been instructed in many of the leading criminal cases brought by the FCA and SFO in recent years and is currently representing a number of individuals in connection with the investigations by both the FCA and SFO concerning the alleged manipulation of LIBOR.
On the regulatory side, Jason has advised firms and individuals in relation to more than 85 FCA (formerly FSA) enforcement investigations and associated proceedings and he appears regularly before the RDC, Upper Tribunal and High Court. He also advises on perimeter and authorisation issues.
A highly experienced barrister specialising in financial criminal and regulatory breaches, Lucy provides consultancy and advocacy assistance to individual, corporate, professional and lay clients. She was a civil law solicitor from 1995 until being called to the Bar in 2000. Following years largely spent prosecuting in Crown Courts, Lucy went in-house with the Financial Services (now Conduct) Authority before moving to the Serious Fraud Office where she headed a vast and complex banking investigation. She has now returned to QEB Hollis Whiteman with an uncommon range of experience, providing not only intricate advocacy but also financial conduct guidance including advice, analysis, audit direction/supervision, compliance scrutiny, strategic sanctions guidance and pre-emptive staff training.
Mark Ellison QC, head of chambers, comments: "QEB Hollis Whiteman remains among the elite sets in crime, business-related crime and regulation by providing outstanding strength and depth. We are delighted to welcome Jason Mansell, who has advised in an exceptional number of criminal and regulatory investigations and proceedings, and to welcome back Lucy J. Kennedy, who returns after a spell with regulators which included leading a complex SFO investigation."
