Amanda Pinto KC is an expert in financial wrongdoing, appearing in many high-profile cases involving corporate crime, fraud, money laundering, asset recovery, and bribery. She advises on corporate investigations, merger and takeover issues and sanctions. She is a P.R.I.M.E. (Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance) Global Expert in complex financial products (2021). She advises justice systems globally. She is an Honorary Fellow of Birkbeck College, University of London (2025). Amanda sits as a Recorder of the Crown Court and has published on sanctions and corporate crime. She was Chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales (2020). Alexandre Haines is a sanctions and international law practitioner called to the English and Irish Bars, and admitted to the Bars of New York and Washington DC. He is a specialist in international organizations law and the debarment frameworks of Multilateral Development Banks. He sits as Sanctions Officer (first-tier decision-maker) at the Caribbean Development Bank, and he is a member of the Bar Council International Committee. Alexandre has published on sanctions and lectured on international law and the immunities of international organizations at the universities of Hong Kong, La Sorbonne, King's College, Exeter, Brasilia, and City of London. Sophie O'Sullivan is a leading sanctions barrister, recognised by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 for her expertise in this field and across her core practice areas. She advises global corporates, financial institutions, and trusts on sanctions compliance, export controls, and M&A risks. An experienced litigator, Sophie specialises in financial crime, civil fraud, and regulatory matters, and is widely published in these areas. She is appointed to the Serious Fraud Office's International POCA Panel and was appointed for five years to the Attorney General's Panel, during which time she advised HM Treasury, the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and the Department for Business and Trade.
