Career
Ramsay is a Partner in BTO's market leading White Collar Crime & Investigations team.
He advises organisations and individuals in relation to financial crime incidents including fraud, bribery & corruption, sanctions, tax evasion, supply chain management, proceeds of crime, modern slavery and corporate criminal liability.
He also advises on the full range of regulatory matters impacting organisations and individuals, including health & safety, environmental, wildlife crime, trading standards, security licensing, packaging obligations, product safety and conduct concerns.
Ramsay is ranked by the legal directories as an expert in fraud, financial crime and health & safety.
Described by clients as a “tour de force with exceptional talent”, he works with organisations and senior management teams to develop robust compliance frameworks in order to manage regulatory risk and protect reputation. He regularly delivers compliance training. Where concerns are identified, he has significant experience of guiding both UK and international clients through internal investigations. He is also an expert in advising clients facing investigation by specialist UK regulators. Ramsay’s advocacy experience includes representing clients in court and through other enforcement proceedings.
In relation to fraud and other financial crime, Ramsay advises the victims of financial crime to recover lost funds and to pursue associated legal action. He also advises organisations and individuals facing regulatory scrutiny in relation to suspected financial crime breaches including under the common law of fraud, the Bribery Act 2010, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023.
Experience
-Over 14 years’ experience conducting investigations including in relation to high-profile and reputationally sensitive matters.
-Expert in preparing robust compliance frameworks.
-Significant advocacy experience including representing clients at trial and fatal accident inquiries.
