Emma Brooks - Partner

Expertise

Emma is a partner specialising in corporate fraud, white collar crime and regulatory work. This includes defending prosecutions brought by the Serious Fraud Office, the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, HM Revenue and Customs, the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency. She advises and represents clients, pre and post-charge, in relation to allegations of serious fraud, corruption, money laundering, confiscation and restraint orders and all other areas of business crime. She represents companies and individuals, including accountants, solicitors, doctors and dentists, and has significant experience representing solicitors and medical professionals in front of their regulatory bodies.

Notable experience

• Acting for the Directors of London based oil and gas company, Soma, in relation to the SFO’s investigation in to allegations of bribery and corruption in respect of oil contracts in Somalia.
• Acting for a defendant charged by the SFO in connection with LIBOR fixing prosecution
• Defending a company director charged with conspiracy to corrupt, fraudulent trading and money laundering in connection with £35m of HBOS loans to businesses
• Defending an accountant charged with multi-million pound fraud of the income tax self-assessment system, described by a senior tax official as ‘one of the most intricate frauds I have seen in 30 years.’
• Defending a solicitor charged with conspiracy to defraud as part of a conspiracy involving a ‘bogus’ sale of the Ritz Hotel in London
• Defending an aircraft inspector in a prosecution for gross negligence manslaughter following the death of two people in a light aircraft crash

Background

Emma graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 1999 with an LLB Hons degree. She completed the Legal Practice Course in 2000 and qualified as a solicitor in 2001. Emma has worked at leading criminal defence and fraud firms, and joined Byrne and Partners in 2014 as a Senior Assistant Solicitor. She is a member of the Solicitors Assistance Scheme, the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers, the Female Fraud Forum, Fraud Lawyers’ Association and Women in Law London.

News and Articles

Is the SFO really tackling corruption? - Lawyer Monthly

Serious Fraud Office to come under the control of the National Crime Agency? - 26 February 2016

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