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, sanctions, export controls, money laundering, fraud, and online safety. India regularly advises clients on complex, high-profile internal and regulator-led investigations, enforcement actions, and remediation projects and supports organisations through challenging legal and compliance issues. India's work includes providing strategic compliance advice and assisting in the design and implementation of robust policies, procedures, and training programmes to mitigate financial crime and regulatory risk.

India's client base is sector agile and includes energy, advance manufacturing, retail and consumer, 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

India's recent experience includes:

Advising Entain plc in securing the first ever Deferred Prosecution Agreement obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Representing a UK advanced manufacturing business in an HMRC investigation into the export of military and dual-use goods.
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.
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.
Developed and managed AG’s Online Safety Act risk gauge, a technology-driven assessment tool for clients.
Undertaking independent reviews of accounting practices following whistleblowing concerns regarding income recognition.
Advising on breaches of UK financial sanctions and providing detailed compliance analysis.
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 2022 2018 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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