Anna McIntyre is a Senior Associate in our Business Crime and Investigations team.
She brings extensive experience from both the private and public sectors in the investigation and prosecution of white collar and economic crime. She is also an experienced criminal and civil litigator.
Anna recently joined us from the Serious Fraud Office where she led some of the most prominent investigations and prosecutions of serious economic crime in the UK, including the negotiation and conclusion of the Amec Foster Wheeler DPA and the Petrofac plea agreement, as well as the conviction of David Ames for the £226 million Harlequin fraud, for which she received a judicial commendation for her work as prosecutor.
She has extensive experience working alongside domestic and international authorities from the Financial Conduct Authority to the US Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission, and was a policy lead for the Serious Fraud Office on their approach to DPAs; training overseas authorities such as Canada and Malaysia, as well as the CPS.
Anna previously trained and qualified at Hogan Lovells, where she worked on a broad range of corporate, commercial, and individual disputes; with a particular focus on civil fraud and insolvency litigation and assisting corporates on the design and implementation of corporate bribery procedures.
Expertise
- Business Crime and Investigations
- Commercial Disputes
- FCA Investigations
- Investigations
Recent work
Covid-19 suspected fraud investigation
Leading complex investigation into a suspected fraud in relation to the Covid Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
R v David Ames
Prosecutor of £226 million fraud by abuse of position case; where Mr David Ames was convicted and sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment (maximum, consecutive sentence) for defrauding thousands of investors in relation to the sale of luxury Caribbean resorts.
Amec Foster Wheeler
Lead lawyer on SFO team on the investigation into, and £103 million DPA with, Amec Foster Wheeler for international bribery and corruption spanning seven jurisdictions, including working alongside the US DOJ and SEC.
Petrofac plea agreement
Part of SFO investigation and negotiation team concluding £77 million plea agreement with Petrofac Limited for their guilty plea to seven counts of failing to prevent bribery.