Rita Mitchell
UK Guide 2025
Band 5 : Corporate Crime & Investigations
Band 5
About
Provided by Rita Mitchell
Practice Areas
Rita D. Mitchell is a partner in Willkie’s Investigations & Enforcement and White Collar Defence Practices in London. Dual-qualified in the US and the UK, her practice includes advising and defending corporations in a variety of criminal and civil investigation and enforcement matters, conducting complex, worldwide internal investigations in relation to bribery, corruption, fraud, sanctions, human/business rights, and money laundering, advising on and developing and benchmarking compliance programs, conducting pre-merger and third party due diligence, and providing day-to-day counseling and training on compliance with US and English laws, including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act 2010 (Bribery Act).
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Chambers Review
UK
Rita Mitchell routinely acts for clients in the energy and financial sectors, often advising on compliance and internal investigations into a variety of cases including bribery, fraud, tax and sanctions issues. She is also dual-qualified in the UK and USA and adept at handling matters with multi-jurisdictional considerations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is able to get into the weeds and distil issues, providing sensible, pragmatic and helpful advice."
"She is simply fantastic - she's knowledgeable, with keen insight, and a great strategic thinker."
"She's very practical in her support and very commercially aware. She takes very complicated things and translates them for our business colleagues."
"She is able to get into the weeds and distil issues, providing sensible, pragmatic and helpful advice."
"She is simply fantastic - she's knowledgeable, with keen insight, and a great strategic thinker."
"She's very practical in her support and very commercially aware. She takes very complicated things and translates them for our business colleagues."