What She Does

Siobhain Egan is a leading white collar crime, serious fraud and corporate crime defence lawyer based in London. She represents companies, senior managers, professionals, high-net-worth individuals and PEPs who are facing complex, high-stakes criminal and regulatory investigations in the UK and internationally.

As a consultant in Corporate Crime, DPAs, Serious Fraud, Money Laundering and Tax/VAT at Lewis Nedas Law, she advises on the full life-cycle of a case – from dawn raids, account freezing orders and dawn-raid response, through to contested trials, POCA confiscation, civil recovery and appeals against conviction and sentence.

Why She’s Different

Siobhain is recognised for a no-nonsense, proactive and pragmatic approach. She is particularly noted for her ability to “nip serious crime and fraud investigations in the bud” through early, strategic intervention with agencies such as the SFO, NCA, FCA, HMRC, BEIS, HSE, Trading Standards and the police.

Legal directories and clients consistently praise her intellectual rigour, meticulous preparation,
and exceptional client care. She combines clear, commercial advice with robust advocacy, always focused on protecting liberty, reputation and assets in matters that often attract national and international publicity.

Key Defence Areas

• Serious and white collar fraud, bribery and corruption
• Money laundering investigations and prosecutions (including cross-border matters)
• POCA: asset restraint, confiscation and civil recovery
• Account freezing orders and Unexplained Wealth Orders
• Crypto asset investigations, seizures and restraint
• Cybercrime (fraud, hacking, ransomware, indecent images) and online investment scams
• HMRC civil and criminal tax investigations and prosecutions
• Regulatory investigations by NCA, SFO, FCA, BEIS, Insolvency Service, HSE, Environment, Trading Standards, City of London Police
• Sanctions and international financial crime
• Serious crime, including sexual offences
• Professional disciplinary (GMC, accountants, finance professionals and other regulated individuals)
• Extradition and Interpol Red Notices

Key Advisory Areas

• Appeals against conviction and sentence
• Business investigations (money laundering, tax evasion, bribery and corruption)
• Corporate compliance: AML, AB&C, SM&CR, governance, systems and controls, GDPR
• Cybercrime recovery for victims of online fraud and investment or pension liberation scams
• Self-reporting, SAR strategy, DPAs and civil settlements across multiple agencies
• Second opinions on ongoing trials, investigations and appeals

Experience

Since 2008, Siobhain has been a consultant at Lewis Nedas Law, focusing on corporate crime,
serious fraud, money laundering and tax/VAT. She advises both individuals and businesses in matters involving pension liberation, boiler room operations, large-scale investment frauds and complex cybercrime.

Her practice covers the complete remit of fraud, money laundering and bribery/corruption allegations, corporate manslaughter, and high-level FCA, HMRC, NCA and BEIS investigations and prosecutions. She regularly deals with asset restraint and recovery in both civil and criminal proceedings and provides strategic AML and business investigation advice.

High-Profile & Complex Cases

Siobhain has acted in many cases attracting national and international attention, including:

• Major SFO prosecutions involving multi-million-pound pension SIPP and investment frauds
• Operation Rize – successfully advising over 50 clients following high-profile safety deposit box raids, with monies and assets returned
• Multi-jurisdictional property SIPP fraud investigations dropped after robust submissions
• Major NCA investigations into offshore tax and money laundering (including cases linked to the Panama Papers)
• Operation Elveden – NOTW hacking investigation, successfully representing a former journalist
• The high-profile “Beckham Kidnapping” NOTW sting, where she successfully defended a professional and the prosecution collapsed
• Serious bribery and corruption investigations in the oil and gas, construction and financial sectors in the UK, Europe and the UAE

Public Appointments & Media

Siobhain has held significant public roles, including:

• Member of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales (2010–2013), reporting directly to Lord Justice Leveson on fraud, money laundering, DPAs and bribery/corruption guidelines
• One of the first women appointed to the Serious Fraud Panel, later serving as a Supervisor
• Member of the VHCC appeals panel

She is also a respected media commentator, having provided expert commentary or advisory input to:

• BBC, Channel 4, BBC Radio 4, ITN, Sky News, Al Jazeera, Talk Radio
• Bloomberg, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Finance Monthly, Corporate LiveWire, Financier Worldwide, LexisNexis, Society for Computers & Law

Siobhain assisted Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Campaign (2013), contributing to a major
multinational entering into a DPA with the US Department of Justice.

Rankings, Honours & Awards

Siobhain has been highly ranked since 2003 by leading legal directories including
The Legal 500, Chambers UK and Super Lawyers UK for crime, white collar crime and corporate crime.
She is regularly described as:

• “Hugely experienced, proactive and pragmatic”
• “Meticulous”, with an approach “second to none”
• “Steely determined” and “no-nonsense”
• “Incredibly user-friendly”, with “exceptional client care skills”
• Having “tremendous breadth of experience” in financial crime

Selected honours include:

• The Times – Lawyer of the Week (for the Beckham Kidnapping case)
• Chambers UK Women in Law Awards (2012)
• Lawyer Monthly Commercial Fraud Lawyer of the Year (2014)

Clients & Funding

Siobhain’s clients include:

• UK and international companies
• Senior managers, company directors and entrepreneurs
• Professionals across finance, accountancy, medical and other regulated sectors
• High net worth individuals and politically exposed persons (PEPs)

The majority of her matters are privately funded or supported through
directors’ and officers’ (D&O) insurance, reflecting the complexity, value and sensitivity
of the cases in which she is instructed.

Interests

Outside of practice, Siobhain enjoys collecting Art Deco pieces, travelling,
spending time with her black Labradors, exploring Middle Eastern cookery and
reading Irish poetry.