Sacha Harber-Kelly MBE
UK Guide 2024
Band 3 : Financial Crime: Corporates
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Provided by Sacha Harber-Kelly MBE
Practice Areas
Sacha specialises in global white-collar investigations, crisis management and related litigation on behalf of both companies and individuals in a broad range of service and industry sectors, including financial services, oil and gas, extractives, legal services, telecommunications, sport, media, consumer products and manufacturing.
He has successfully defended companies facing allegations of bribery in multiple jurisdictions including by the DOJ other foreign agencies and the SFO, including allegations of failing to prevent bribery. Equally Sacha has advised and represented both companies and individuals under investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority, including to successful resolution.
Sacha conducts reviews of company financial crime prevention systems and controls on both a periodic basis and during times of crisis, making appropriate recommendations for enhancement where appropriate.
Career
Sacha was formerly a Prosecutor at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) where he was centrally involved in each of its then global corporate corruption resolutions including the agency’s then largest ever single investigation. Sacha was appointed to lead the SFO’s engagement in the cross governmental working group which devised the DPA legislative framework, and subsequently drafted the DPA Code of Practice. He prosecuted the first and third U.K. DPA and the first corporate cases under the Bribery Act. This expertise has proven invaluable to companies both under investigation and in their enhancement of their finically crime prevention systems and controls.
Prior to joining the SFO Sacha was partner in a specialist criminal defence practice in London where he successfully defended numerous fraud, money laundering and tax evasion trials.
Sacha was awarded an MBE in 2018 for his public service in respect of the investigation and prosecution of serious fraud and corruption.
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