Nicola Finnerty

A co-founder of the firm in October 2000, Nicola became a partner in May 2001. Previously she was with Peters & Peters having qualified in 1996.

While she advises on all areas of criminal law, Nicola specialises in fraud, business crime, financial compliance issues, money laundering, asset seizure and confiscation. She acts for individual and corporate clients, financial institutions and professional firms in investigations and proceedings brought by the Serious Fraud Office, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department of Work & Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and other prosecuting bodies. She has been instructed in many high profile trials as well as a significant number of judicial review and appeal cases.  The 2008 edition of Chambers describes her as 'a practitioner with a wealth of experience'  who “leaves no stone unturned; her preparation and understanding is impeccable.” She is also complemented for her “excellent client manner… and is not afraid to be forthright in her views’’  

She is a member of the Law Society, the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, the Criminal Law Solicitors Association and the European Criminal Bar Association.

Her professional committee work includes the past chair of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association, the Fraud Sub Committee of the London Criminal Courts Association and the European Criminal Bar Association (written responses and proposals for the EU framework on confiscation and the code of conduct and disciplinary procedure of the international Criminal Court).

In 2004 she co-authored the section on Revenue and Customs investigations in "Fraud: Law Practice & Procedure" published by Butterworths.

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