Katie Wheatley

Practice Areas

Partner and Head of Crime, Fraud and Regulatory Law.

Katie has vast experience in many areas of criminal law. She advises on investigations and prosecutions for allegations of serious fraud financial and business crime, including conspiracy to defraud, bribery and corruption, insider dealing and money laundering. She acts for and advises employees, directors, trustees and organisations in connection with allegations and investigations and prosecutions of business crime.

Katie has a strong reputation for advising journalists and media organisations, especially in investigations relating to arrests, searches, production orders, protection of journalist material, whistleblowing and allegations of breaches of the Official Secrets Act.

Katie also acts in criminal cases involving allegations of serious general crime including murder and manslaughter. She has special experience in advising on allegations relating to end of life decisions such as “mercy killings.”

She acts for individuals and organisations who are designated Interested Parties at Inquests in circumstances where a person’s death is unexplained or is believed to have occurred as a result of a criminal act.

Career

Katie joined Bindmans in 2003, and became Head of criminal law in 2019.

Professional Memberships

Financial Services Lawyers Association; Fraud Lawyers Association; London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.