Simon Airey
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Corporate Crime & Investigations
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About
Provided by Simon Airey
Practice Areas
Simon Airey focuses his practice on global, cross-border and internal investigations, financial and regulatory crime, bribery and corruption, money laundering, tax and fraud inquiries, data breaches, dawn raids and corporate compliance issues.
He has conducted a wide range of investigations and corporate defence assignments in different sectors, including construction, defence, financial services, gambling, oil and gas, logistics, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. Simon represents both companies and individuals in criminal and regulatory proceedings and in associated litigation.
Simon advises a large number of multinational groups on their global compliance programs and assists clients with corporate risk assessments and pre- and post- M&A due diligence. He conducts tailored training for boards and senior management and has lectured around the world on a range of topics including the UK Bribery Act and the UK Criminal Finances Act. He advises a number of organisations on the corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion and served on the UK Law Society committee which devised related guidance for the legal profession.
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EDUCATION
University of Sheffield, Bachelor of Laws – LLB (Hons)
Chambers Review
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Simon Aireyof McDermott Will & Emery advises on a broad range of financial crime matters including sensitive cross-border investigations. He also provides compliance advice on anti-money laundering and anti-bribery issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simon is cerebral, never gets flustered and is enormously articulate - everything he says carries weight and meaning. He's a lawyer with gravitas and presence."
"Simon is a hugely impressive individual. He is a confident and erudite leader and interviewer."
"He is a great financial crime investigations lawyer who is well connected and delivers results."
"Simon is cerebral, never gets flustered and is enormously articulate - everything he says carries weight and meaning. He's a lawyer with gravitas and presence."
"Simon is a hugely impressive individual. He is a confident and erudite leader and interviewer."
"He is a great financial crime investigations lawyer who is well connected and delivers results."