Michael Lyons

Michael advises on compliance, contentious regulatory matters and investigations, focusing on financial crime issues, in particular sanctions and money laundering and anti-bribery and corruption. He has extensive experience advising clients on risk management, crisis management, regulatory investigations and enforcement matters. Michael advised on the first UK criminal prosecution of a bank in the UK under the Money Laundering Regulations and has broad experience advising on all aspects of EU and UK sanctions on Russia, including for banks, financial institutions and corporates in the MENA region.