Simon Airey

Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Simon Airey focuses his practice on global, cross-border and internal investigations, financial and regulatory crime, bribery and corruption, money laundering, tax and fraud inquiries, data breaches, dawn raids, asset tracing, international enforcement and corporate compliance issues.

He has conducted a wide range of investigations and corporate defence assignments in different sectors, including construction, defence, financial services, gambling, oil and gas, logistics, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. Simon represents both companies and individuals in criminal and regulatory proceedings and in associated litigation.

Simon advises a large number of multinational groups on their global compliance programmes and assists clients with corporate risk assessments and M&A due diligence. He conducts tailored training for boards and senior management and has lectured around the world on a range of topics, including the UK Bribery Act and the UK Criminal Finances Act. He advises a number of organisations on the corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion and served on the Law Society committee that devised related guidance for the legal profession.