Ellie Wyatt

Ellie is a Managing Associate in Linklaters’ Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations practice in London, adept at conducting internal and external investigations, contentious regulatory work and commercial litigation.

Ellie regularly advises multinational corporates, funds, financial institutions and professional services firms on corporate crime matters, with a particular focus on sanctions, money laundering, fraud, and anti-bribery and corruption. She has a breadth of experience in internal and external investigations, and regulatory enforcement proceedings, across a range of industries. Ellie also has significant experience acting for clients in the conduct of commercial litigation, particularly in the fraud sphere.

Having worked in Australia (where she is qualified) and London on numerous matters with multiple jurisdictional touchpoints, Ellie has a strong track record in assisting clients navigating complex cross-border contentious mandates.

Work highlights

• Sanctions factual investigation and regulatory engagement: Assisting a financial institution to conduct a sanctions compliance investigation and develop corresponding regulatory engagement strategy, as well as associated uplift and remediation following conclusion of the factual investigation.

• Fraudulent breach of warranty & deceit proceedings: Acting in a complex commercial litigation concerning allegations of fraudulent breach of warranty and deceit.

• Professional misconduct investigation: Conducting a multi-jurisdictional investigation into allegations of professional misconduct by professional services firm.

• Global anti-bribery & corruption investigation and enforcement: Conducting a global anti-bribery and corruption investigation for a multi-national services firm, while advising on and assisting with its response to parallel criminal and regulatory investigations.

• Fraud and funds recovery: Acting for several international funds in relation to civil fraud proceedings, including tracing, freezing and ultimately recovering significant monetary sums.

• Crisis management & director misconduct: Advising large multi-national corporate in relation to crisis management response and regulatory investigation into concerning allegations of director misconduct.

• Risk & compliance advisory: Advising numerous financial services, multi-national corporate and extractive industry clients in relation to risk, corporate governance and compliance matters, including reviewing and developing whistleblowing, fraud and economic crime prevention, anti-bribery and corruption, and sanctions compliance programs, and advising on money laundering, sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption risks.

Ellie also has experience advising on corporate crime issues in the context of M&A transactions and associated due diligence, including sanctions, money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption, and anti-facilitation of tax evasion.

Ellie is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association.