Natalie McNamee

Practice Areas

Crime

Financial Crime

Extradition

Regulatory

Career

Natalie is a skilled and highly regarded barrister who prosecutes and defends (both as led junior and junior alone) across the full spectrum of criminal offending. She has expertise in fraud and financial crime, in addition to a well-established extradition practice.

In general crime, she has experience of prosecuting and defending in complex, multi-handed cases involving firearms and drugs offences. In recent years, she has successfully conducted a number of trials involving gang-related shootings and relating firearms and drug offences.

Financial Crime is another specialism, and Natalie is regularly instructed to prosecute and defend in high profile, high-value, complex fraud cases – both as led junior and junior alone.

Natalie is a well-established extradition practitioner, and she represents Requesting States and Requested Persons at first instance and in the High Court. She has been instructed on an appeal to the Supreme Court raising questions about the impact of the Polish Criminal Code’s early release provisions in the decision to extradite from the UK.

In 2023, Natalie was one of seven barristers accepted into the Treasury Counsel Pathway Scheme, a 12-month positive action scheme for advocates who have the potential to become Treasury Counsel in the future.

Professional Memberships

Criminal Bar Association

Fraud Lawyers Association

Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum

Extradition Lawyers Association

Female Fraud Forum

Women in Criminal Law