Carl Newman

Partner, Withersworldwide

Carl Newman has over 20 years’ experience of investigations, regulatory and criminal matters, acting for both individuals and corporates. He routinely deals with myriad issues for senior executives, managers and other UK professionals. He is frequently involved in cross-border issues and works closely with colleagues in the United States and Asia to resolve complex matters. Carl also has experience dealing with financial misconduct, representing both regulated entities and individuals. Carl has a reputation for robustly representing his clients’ interests and has managed proceedings and investigations involving bodies such as the Financial Conduct Authority, Prudential Regulation Authority, Serious Fraud Office, UK tax authority and the National Crime Agency.

Carl has acted in internal investigations for national arts institutions, charities and global corporates. Instructions include acting for executives at Premier League clubs, HNWIs in multimillion-pound international prosecutions, core participants in ongoing public inquiries and a high-profile individual involved in a political scandal with an ongoing investigation, an internal investigation for a PLC with accounting and VAT irregularities that has led to a self-report to the SFO and had national news coverage, a cultural and corruption review at a global real estate company, and a director in an ongoing SFO cross-border fraud investigation.