India Barlow

Managing Associate, Global Investigations
Leeds, UK

Expertise

India is an experienced Managing Associate specialising in corporate crime and regulatory compliance, with a particular focus on financial crime — including bribery, fraud and money laundering — alongside international sanctions, export controls and online safety. She regularly advises clients on complex, high-profile internal and regulator-led investigations, enforcement actions and remediation projects, guiding organisations through their most sensitive legal and compliance challenges. Her work spans strategic compliance advice and the design and implementation of robust policies, procedures, playbooks training programmes to mitigate financial crime and wider regulatory risk.

India’s sanctions and export controls practice is cross-jurisdictional, advising clients on compliance with UK, EU and US regimes, including in high-risk jurisdictions such as Russia, Belarus and Iran, as well as other high-risk jurisdictions. She conducts sanctions and ownership and control due diligence, restricted-party screening and end-use assessments, designs internal compliance frameworks, and supports clients in engaging with regulators and enforcement agencies including HMRC, OFSI and the FCA on information requests, licence applications and voluntary disclosures.

India also advises clients on online safety, regulatory compliance and investigations, supporting organisations to navigate Online Safety Act obligations, Ofcom requirements and wider regulatory risk.

India’s client base is sector agile and includes energy, advanced manufacturing, retail and consumer, technology, transport, and construction sectors. India’s experience is enhanced by two secondments to BP’s Regulatory Compliance team, where she worked closely with key stakeholders to deliver strategic, solutions-focused advice on legal and risk matters. During these secondments, she gained significant experience in internal investigations and compliance with UK and US anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and sanctions legislation. India reviewed and drafted internal policies, procedures, online training, and template contract clauses, and provided practical day-to-day compliance advice.

Experience

Advising Entain plc in securing the first ever Deferred Prosecution Agreement obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Representing a UK advanced manufacturing business in a wide-ranging HMRC investigation into the export of military and dual-use goods, including responding to production orders, supporting interviews under caution, and assessing dual-use, export ban and criminal liability risks.
Advising an engineering company on UK and EU sanctions compliance concerning entities linked to a sanctioned Russian oligarch, including detailed ownership and control analysis, asset-freeze implications and “management distancing” arrangements.
Conducting an internal investigation and coordinating multi-jurisdictional advice on alleged misstatements of goods’ origin, managing UK/EU sanctions and export control risk and engagement with the authorities, resulting in no further action.
Conducting internal investigations following whistleblower allegations into bribery and fraud.
Conducting investigations into alleged provision of false information on invoices, enabling clients to respond effectively to regulator enquiries.
Advising a cybersecurity company on UK export controls for defence-grade dual-use software and hardware, covering licensing, exemptions, OGELs and practical compliance controls.
Advising on breaches of UK financial sanctions and providing detailed compliance analysis, including engaging with OFSI on information requests, licence applications and voluntary disclosures.
Responding to a section 100 Information Notice under the Online Safety Act 2023, including advising on the client’s scope and persuading Ofcom not to issue a final notice.
Developing and managing AG’s Online Safety Act risk gauge, a technology-driven assessment tool for clients.
Strengthening a company’s sanctions and export control framework through supply chain due diligence, screening and training, leading to the termination of a high-risk Iranian relationship.
Undertaking independent reviews of accounting practices following whistleblowing concerns regarding income recognition.
Managing responses to multiple section 2 notices from the Serious Fraud Office, including overseeing document collection and review.
Supporting inquests, including acting for bereaved families in the Manchester Arena bombing inquests.

Recognition

Shortlisted for Regulatory Compliance Team of the Year at the 2022 Yorkshire Legal Awards and Trainee of the Year at the 2018 Yorkshire Legal Awards for business development and charity committee work, including organising joint client events and representing AG at university law fairs.

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HSLA

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