A football club’s guide – dealing with information requests from the IFR and key risks for clubs, individuals and related parties
Joanna M Dimmock
Jo leads the Corporate Crime practice at Dentons and is a member of the UK Regulatory & Investigations team and the UKIME Compliance & Investigations group. She is a seasoned litigator with 20 years of experience in the full spectrum of white collar crime, with extensive experience in handling high-profile, cross-border and sensitive matters requiring press or reputational management.
During her 20-year career, Jo has been involved in many of the most significant white collar crime investigations and prosecutions brought by UK authorities. Her involvement in recent high profile investigations include retail companies, oil and gas consultancies, security companies, natural resource companies, transport companies, global business and investment companies and global logistics and shipping companies. She also regularly assists in multi-jurisdictional investigations involving agencies worldwide. These matters predominately relate to financial services fraud, multi-jurisdictional white collar crime allegations, bribery and corruption, tax fraud, competition/cartel allegations and insider trading.
Jo has particular experience in representing senior executives and high net worth individuals, including those from the financial services sector and extractive industries.
In addition, Jo is regularly instructed to advise national and international companies facing complex and sensitive issues relating to criminal, regulatory or reputational matters.
Experience
- Confidential client: Advised former accountants of a world leading integrated security company in relation to its investigation and prosecution of its former directors and employees relating to allegations of a multi million pound fraud case.
- Confidential client: Advised a senior executive in the investigation and prosecution into bribery and corruption allegations in a commodity company and its former officers and directors.
- Confidential client: Advised a senior executive in respect of an investigation in relation to allegations of bribery and corruption relating to a global online sports betting and gaming business
- Confidential client: Advised a UK corporate in the mining industry and conducted an internal investigation concerning overseas bribery and provided advice on self-reporting.
- Confidential client: Advised a global investment bank in relation to a £500m fine over money laundering claims that the Bank failed to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering control framework between 2012 and 2015.
- Confidential client: Advised emerging market multi-national financial services provider in relation to NCA investigation and proceedings relating to a Civil Recovery Order.
