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Provided by Louise Hodges
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Louise is Head of Kingsley Napley’s Criminal Litigation team specialising in financial crime, corporate investigations, FCA regulatory investigations and serious and complex fraud. Long recognised as a leader in this field, she is commended for her grasp of broader strategic issues and the practical advice she gives clients, both companies and individuals, caught up in complex litigation. She is experienced in advising companies and individuals with regard to internal investigations, frequently representing witnesses being interviewed either by employers or by investigating authorities, including those compelled to attend interviews. She leads the firm’s cross-practice Financial Services team and Internal Investigations team. She currently represents a number of individuals, including HNW individuals and business leaders, in a range of financial crime cases being investigated by the SFO, FCA, HMRC and NCA amongst others. She was part of the team representing Tesco in connection with their Deferred Prosecution Agreement and related criminal matters. Her cases frequently have an international element.
Career
Joined Kingsley Napley 1997. Head of Criminal Litigation 2018.
Professional Memberships
Law Society; Fraud Lawyers Association; European Criminal Bar Association ; European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers; Financial Services Lawyers Association; Committee member of City of London Law Society Business Crime Committee; The City Law Club.
Chambers Review
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Louise Hodges regularly represents senior executives in high-profile SFO and DOJ investigations into bribery and corruption. She also advises on market rate manipulation matters.
Louise Hodges represents financial institutions and large corporations in investigations by the SFO and FCA into fraud, false accounting and regulatory breaches.
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"She's so sensible and she's so confident and knows what she's doing - you can just trust her judgement."
"She's been doing this for years and is very experienced across the whole range of work."
"She is really thorough. She's very detail-oriented but she can then rise above it and be strategic."
"She is energetic beyond what is imaginable and very down to earth and user-friendly. She has a great knack of getting settlements that you wouldn't really think were possible."
"Louise is fantastic. I rate her extremely highly."
"She's really one of the best in the business. She has done this job for a long time and so has an incredible wealth of experience to draw on. She's a wonderful lawyer to deal with."
"She's so sensible and she's so confident and knows what she's doing - you can just trust her judgement."
"She's been doing this for years and is very experienced across the whole range of work."
"She is really thorough. She's very detail-oriented but she can then rise above it and be strategic."
"She is energetic beyond what is imaginable and very down to earth and user-friendly. She has a great knack of getting settlements that you wouldn't really think were possible."
"Louise is fantastic. I rate her extremely highly."
"She's really one of the best in the business. She has done this job for a long time and so has an incredible wealth of experience to draw on. She's a wonderful lawyer to deal with."
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