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Ali Sallaway

Ali Sallaway

UK 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

About

Provided by Freshfields

UK

Practice Areas

Ali is a dispute resolution partner and co-heads Freshfields’ global investigation and corporate crime practice. She specialises in corporate and financial crime defence and regulatory enforcement actions, particularly defending actions against the SFO, FCA, and FRC as well as other domestic and overseas authorities. Ali has significant experience defending organisations in coordinated criminal and regulatory proceedings including in Deferred Prosecution Agreements as well as acting on ancillary civil litigation. Ali regularly advises Boards and Senior Management on market disclosures, general risk advisory, misconduct and governance matters. She has expertise handling false accounting, fraud, bribery/corruption, AML and CTF related matters. Ali has acted on many of the leading FCA enforcement actions, especially in financial crime, market abuse, market manipulation and disclosure/listing obligations cases.

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Corporate Crime & Investigations - London (Firms)

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Ali Sallaway frequently advises large corporations on anti-money laundering and sanctions issues. She also regularly assists clients with large-scale SFO investigations into bribery, corruption and false accounting.

Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Corporates) - UK-wide

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Ali Sallaway is co-head of Freshfields' global investigations and corporate crime practice. She regularly advises large international clients on investigations by financial regulators.

Strengths

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  • Ali is extremely focused and master of the detail, but also easy to work with.

    Corporate Crime & InvestigationsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Ali's the most sophisticated operator in the field.

    Corporate Crime & InvestigationsChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • She understands how the regulator thinks and can pre-empt what they are doing. She is a really wonderful lawyer.

    Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Corporates)Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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London (Firms)

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