Emma Brooks

Emma regularly advises and represents individuals in relation to the most high profile financial crime investigations and prosecutions. She advises individuals facing allegations of serious fraud, corruption, money laundering and all other areas of business crime having acted in a number of international cases brought by the SFO, NCA and HMRC. Emma has liaised extensively with prosecutors and investigators in many other jurisdictions and conducted litigation overseas. She acts for a suspect in the Metropolitan police investigation into the Horizon post office scandal and for the former CEO of Entain plc in the prosecution of senior executives for bribery and fraud. Emma is also known for her skill and expertise in regulatory work, in particular representation of solicitors who face criminal allegations and regulatory proceedings instigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. · PCB Byrne

EnglandCriminal Litigation, Financial Crime

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Emma Brooks regularly advises and represents individuals in high‑profile financial crime investigations and prosecutions, including allegations of serious fraud, corruption and money laundering. She has acted in international cases brought by the SFO, NCA and HMRC, liaised with prosecutors overseas, and is noted for regulatory work including representation of solicitors in Solicitors Regulation Authority proceedings.

Practice areas

Criminal LitigationFinancial CrimeWhite-Collar CrimeRegulatory & Disciplinary ProceedingsFraud

Office

England

PCB Byrne · Emma regularly advises and represents individuals in relation to the most high profile financial crime investigations and prosecutions. She advises individuals facing allegations of serious fraud, corruption, money laundering and all other areas of business crime having acted in a number of international cases brought by the SFO, NCA and HMRC. Emma has liaised extensively with prosecutors and investigators in many other jurisdictions and conducted litigation overseas. She acts for a suspect in the Metropolitan police investigation into the Horizon post office scandal and for the former CEO of Entain plc in the prosecution of senior executives for bribery and fraud. Emma is also known for her skill and expertise in regulatory work, in particular representation of solicitors who face criminal allegations and regulatory proceedings instigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

England

Expertise

Serious fraud defenceBribery & corruption defenceMoney laundering defenceRepresentation in SRA regulatory proceedingsHorizon Post Office investigation (defence work)Cross-border / international criminal litigation

Education

Nottingham Trent University (LLB Hons)
Nottingham Law School (Legal Practice Course, commendation)

Admissions

Qualified as a solicitor (2001)