Elly studied French and Spanish at Cambridge University.
Elly is a partner in London with over 15 years’ experience advising on white collar criminal defence, internal investigations and cross-border financial crime compliance.
Elly acts in external investigations involving the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI), His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and other authorities. She represents companies and individuals facing allegations of financial crime including fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering, breaches of financial and trade sanctions and other types of misconduct.
Elly also acts in internal investigations and regularly advises companies on the whole range of issues relating to business crime, including helping clients to mitigate their exposure under the UK Bribery Act, the Proceeds of Crime Act, sanctions legislation and, most recently, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. This includes extensive experience advising financial sponsors, global corporates and financial institutions on business crime compliance and due diligence.In relation to sanctions, Elly has advised many clients on compliance issues relating to the Ukraine-related sanctions imposed in 2022, as well as on strategies to comply with anti-boycott legislation while mitigating sanctions risk.
Elly has previously represented senior individuals in SFO investigations involving high-profile names such as Barclays (payments to Qatar), ENRC (alleged corruption in Africa), Rolls-Royce (alleged corruption in multiple jurisdictions) and Serco (alleged overcharging).
Elly sits on the City of London Law Society’s Corporate Crime & Corruption Committee. In this role, Elly contributed significantly to the Home Office guidance on the corporate criminal “failure to prevent fraud” offence and to the Serious Fraud Office’s revised guidance on corporate cooperation.
Elly is a contributing author to Global Investigation Review’s Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations.
Elly is ranked a “next generation partner” for Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Legal 500 2025).
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