Tori trained and spent 4 years post-qualification at Allen & Overy before moving to McDermott, Will & Emery where she worked for some 13 years. She has extensive expertise in international and domestic mergers and acquisitions and in fundraisings at all stages of the capital structure. Tori’s background is particularly strong in advising buyers and sellers on M&A transactions, particularly cross-border M&A deals. She has also regularly been involved in international and domestic corporate and energy commercial transactional work. Her comprehensive experience includes work on public company matters, including listed company advisory work. She has been recommended in the Legal 500 under the Projects, Energy and Natural Resources category.
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Lisa has particular expertise in bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, tax evasion and market abuse matters and has acted for clients in some of the most high-profile cases brought by the SFO, FCA, CPS and other UK and international prosecution authorities. Many of those cases involved complex cross boarder issues such as requests made pursuant to mutual legal assistance treaties, double jeopardy, human rights, and extradition. Lisa has also successfully challenged decisions made by different prosecuting authorities in judicial review proceedings and under the victims right to review scheme.
In addition, Lisa has considerable experience acting for clients in civil fraud and director misfeasance cases, civil tax matters brought by HMRC, as well as personal and company insolvency matters.
Lisa is well known and respected in the industry as someone who can provide pragmatic and results oriented advice.
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