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About
Provided by Andrew Mitchell KC
Practice Areas
Advises clients internationally and domestically in compliance issues, civil and criminal asset forfeiture, confiscation and restraint, financial crime, commercial wrongdoing and corruption.
Advises countries, multinationals, professionals, prosecuting authorities, defendants, court appointed officers and third parties in all aspects of the restraint, management and confiscation of property and on the practice and procedure in relation to money laundering regulations and legislation, compliance, fraud, corruption and civil commercial wrongdoing. Cases include prosecution of politicians and attorneys relating to corruption in property developments in the Caribbean; advices in respect to overseas and UK-based corruption with particular focus on the Bribery Act; advising UHNW on the proposed structural changes to the compliance regime in Jersey; acting for the Nigerian Government to recoup funds stolen by a former oil minister; acting in civil recovery proceedings relating to corrupt payments to an ambassador from an energy company; advising the US DoJ in relation to US/Caribbean cross-jurisdictional issues. The Caribbean corruption case continues. Advising office management company compliance and Eastern European country on recovery of fraudulently obtained funds.
Career
Called to Bar 1976, Appointed Silk 1998. Recorder [Crime & Civil] 1998. Speaker/lecturer/consultant to UN, Commonwealth Secretariat, ESAAMLG, APG and IMF. Part of his work includes training and capacity building workshops for the judiciary and prosecutors in Southern and Eastern Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Publications
Confiscation and the Proceeds of Crime - co-author; 'Administrative Court Law and Practice' - contributor.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Andrew Mitchell KC is a famed individual who is extensively experienced in POCA work, whose practice covers a wide array of cases including those concerning money laundering, asset recovery, bribery and corruption. Frequently instructed in high-profile and complex matters, he is considered to be a master litigator who represents clients at the top level including in the Court of Appeal. The matters he undertakes regularly include international elements.
Andrew Mitchell KC is a well-known heavyweight silk who is a great choice of leading counsel for high-value matters connected with financial wrongdoing. His reputation has spread far and wide, ensuring he is instructed to advise on marquee matters both at home and abroad. He offers particular expertise in large-scale bribery and corruption investigations, and is also valued for his expertise in related POCA (Proceeds of Crime Act) proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He predicts how the judge will receive a submission and has an extremely impressive ability to get all the big calls pretty much bang-on."
"The quality of his advice is great, and his approach is very good. He is very reputed in this space and he turns things around very quickly."
"He predicts how the judge will receive a submission and has an extremely impressive ability to get all the big calls pretty much bang-on."
"The quality of his advice is great, and his approach is very good. He is very reputed in this space and he turns things around very quickly."