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Miranda Ching
Lawyer
London
Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London, EC2N 1HQ
+44 (0) 20 3301 6581
London
Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London, EC2N 1HQ
+44 (0) 20 3301 6581

Miranda Ching focuses her practice on advising high-net-worth individuals, institutional clients and their executives in cross-border investigations and government enforcement actions related to allegations of fraud, bribery, corruption and other misconduct. Ms. Ching specializes in counselling clients in high-risk scenarios that threaten their liberty, assets and reputation. She is recognized in The Legal 500 for representing individuals in fraud and white-collar crime cases.

A former UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecutor and case controller, Ms. Ching has experience handling hundred-million-pound fraud, bribery and corruption cases, responding to search and arrest operations, and executing asset tracing strategies. Ms. Ching is experienced in liaising with domestic and overseas law enforcement agencies to guide clients through the intricacies of multi-jurisdictional investigations.

Ms. Ching currently oversees global sanctions and related enforcement investigations arising out of the Russian sanctions regimes in the UK, EU, U.S. and other countries.

In addition, Ms. Ching also defends high-net-worth individuals charged with financial regulatory misconduct as well as criminal law matters involving extradition and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).

Ms. Ching is a Solicitor-Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience in the senior criminal courts of England & Wales. Before joining Kobre & Kim, Ms. Ching practiced at Peters & Peters in London prior to her service at the SFO.

Admissions

  • Higher Courts Rights of Audience (Criminal), England & Wales
  • Solicitor, England & Wales
  • Solicitor, Victoria, Australia
  • Solicitor, New South Wales, Australia
  • Criminal Litigation Accreditation, Law Society

Education

  • The College of Law, New South Wales, Legal Practice Program
  • Monash University, LLB
  • Monash University, BComm

Select Engagements

International Private Client

  • Representation of a Russian individual in global sanctions enforcement and related criminal investigations.
  • Advising a trust services firm in relation to the seizure of a sanctioned luxury yacht.
  • Described as the most serious criminal investigation in its history, representation of a former government official from Republic of Seychelles and his wife in defending against charges of terrorism, corruption and money laundering.
  • Representation of an international news journalist to remove INTERPOL data following her conviction in Turkey of so-called ‘terrorist propaganda’ offences.

Government Enforcement Defense

  • Representation of a key public official in the ‘1MDB corruption’ case, the largest kleptocracy investigation ever undertaken by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
  • Representation of Matthew Gardiner, former UBS foreign exchange trader and key DOJ cooperating witness in the ‘FX Cartel’ criminal trial.
 

Publications & Presentations

  • Panelist, "The UK Bribery Act 10 Years On and the Impact on International Compliance" (SAI360, December 2021)
  • Panelist, "The Bribery Act over the past decade" (Centre for Financial Law, Regulation and Compliance (IALS) and the Centre for the Study of Corruption (Sussex), June 2021).
  • Speaker, "The Bribery Act: Ten Years On" (The Centre for Financial Law, Regulation and Compliance (FinReg), November 2020)

Credentials

Admissions

  • Higher Courts Rights of Audience (Criminal), England & Wales
  • Solicitor, England & Wales
  • Solicitor, Victoria, Australia
  • Solicitor, New South Wales, Australia
  • Criminal Litigation Accreditation, Law Society

Education

  • The College of Law, New South Wales, Legal Practice Program
  • Monash University, LLB
  • Monash University, BComm

Engagements

International Private Client

  • Representation of a Russian individual in global sanctions enforcement and related criminal investigations.
  • Advising a trust services firm in relation to the seizure of a sanctioned luxury yacht.
  • Described as the most serious criminal investigation in its history, representation of a former government official from Republic of Seychelles and his wife in defending against charges of terrorism, corruption and money laundering.
  • Representation of an international news journalist to remove INTERPOL data following her conviction in Turkey of so-called ‘terrorist propaganda’ offences.

Government Enforcement Defense

  • Representation of a key public official in the ‘1MDB corruption’ case, the largest kleptocracy investigation ever undertaken by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
  • Representation of Matthew Gardiner, former UBS foreign exchange trader and key DOJ cooperating witness in the ‘FX Cartel’ criminal trial.

Publications & Presentations

  • Panelist, "The UK Bribery Act 10 Years On and the Impact on International Compliance" (SAI360, December 2021)
  • Panelist, "The Bribery Act over the past decade" (Centre for Financial Law, Regulation and Compliance (IALS) and the Centre for the Study of Corruption (Sussex), June 2021).
  • Speaker, "The Bribery Act: Ten Years On" (The Centre for Financial Law, Regulation and Compliance (FinReg), November 2020)