Molly Brien

Molly Brien advises clients on a broad range of cross-border regulatory, criminal and civil investigations, as well as on financial crime matters, including bribery and corruption, money laundering, anticompetitive conduct, fraud and tax evasion.

Ms. Brien has counseled clients in enforcement actions brought by multiple agencies in the U.K., Europe and the U.S., as well as in relation to coordinated dawn raids across these jurisdictions. She also has conducted numerous internal investigations, including in response to whistleblower reports. Her experience spans a wide range of industry sectors, including financial services, pharmaceuticals and health care, automobiles, technology and IT, travel, social media, gaming, private security, sports and retail. She also regularly advises on compliance and corporate governance policies and procedures and related training programmes.

In addition to assisting clients facing potential enforcement actions, Ms. Brien regularly counsels on compliance-related matters in the context of mergers and acquisitions. She also advises clients on political law issues relating to government affairs, and has particular experience assisting multinational clients on the U.K.’s evolving lobbying and government procurement frameworks.

Additionally, Ms. Brien has an active pro bono practice and has represented individuals in welfare benefit tribunals and in relation to child-, family- and immigration-related issues. She also has advised nonprofits on the implementation of compliance frameworks and counseled clients on a variety of compliance and regulatory matters.