Hayley Humphries
Senior Associate
London
Hayley Humphries
Senior Associate
London
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Hayley is a senior associate in Allen & Overy’s Litigation & Investigations Group, specialising in white collar crime.
Hayley has a wealth of experience advising on complex financial crime matters, in particular acting as lead adviser in relation to money laundering and bribery and corruption issues, and has spent time seconded to the financial crime team of a large financial institution.
Hayley represents both firms and individuals in SFO and FCA investigations and has experience representing clients in their dealings with other regulatory bodies.
Hayley also advises on litigious cases where she demonstrates particular expertise in advising on cross-border asset tracing and enforcement matters. Hayley is qualified as a Solicitor Advocate.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2015
Admitted as a Solicitor Advocate (England and Wales), 2018
Academic
LLB, Law, Nottingham University, 2011
LPC, College of Law, Moorgate, 2011Related articles
Publications: 10 January 2024
How UK law reforms and enforcement trends affect corporate crime risk in 2024
Major reform to the rules on attribution for corporate criminal liability in 2023 means that it is now easier to prosecute a company for economic crimes. The old ‘directing mind and will’ test was…
Publications: 21 March 2022
Blog Post: 21 November 2019
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2015
Admitted as a Solicitor Advocate (England and Wales), 2018
Academic
LLB, Law, Nottingham University, 2011
LPC, College of Law, Moorgate, 2011Published work
- Anti-Money Laundering: HMRC raises its game, Practical Law Company Magazine (September 2019)
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing - Risks And Mitigants For Non-Regulated Companies (July 2019)
- The cannabis market: helping investors navigate the UK regulatory regime (June 2019)
- HMRC makes it easier to self-report (or whistle blow) on facilitation of tax evasion (28 February 2019)
- Azerbaijani couple at the centre of UK’s first Unexplained Wealth Order (22 October 2018)
- A closer look: United Kingdom - FCA secures confiscation orders in Operation Tabernula (6 August 2018)
- Courts can side step consent regime under POCA - but not often (10 May 2017)
- Unsuccessful challenge to SFO's Letter of Request (26 April 2017)
- One ‘Little Tavern’; One large insider dealing ring (20 May 2016)
- A&O decision report: FCA publishes decision notices in respect of three former members of Keydata’s senior management, Practical Law Company (24 June 2015)
- Editor of Allen & Overy’s European White Collar Crime Report
