Louise Delahunty Joins Sullivan & Cromwell's Criminal Defense And Investigations Group

Louise Delahunty is joining Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as a European Counsel in the firm’s Criminal Defense and Investigations Group, effective June 20, 2011. She will be based in the firm’s London office.           

With more than 20 years of experience in advising on white collar crime matters, Delahunty has broad knowledge of business-related crime issues, including advising in relation to the UK Bribery Act, which is now coming into effect, anti-money laundering compliance, and white-collar criminal investigations. She also has been engaged in numerous investigations by the Serious Fraud Office in the U.K., the U.S. Department of Justice and other overseas agencies and law enforcement bodies. 
           
Delahunty has experience advising financial institutions and corporations on anti-money laundering risk mitigation, interpretation and defense. She also represents financial institutions, energy, and healthcare and life sciences companies on fraud, sanctions and corruption issues and investigations around the world, and has extensive experience in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. In addition, she has expertise working with hedge funds.
           
A past chairwoman of the Law Society’s Money Laundering Task Force and former member of HM Treasury (Government) Money Laundering Advisory Committee,  Delahunty has been a member of U.K. government and E.U. committees regarding money-laundering law and regulation. She has been a speaker for the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, and has provided training to financial institutions, the World Bank and represented the UK at the Financial Action Task Force meetings.
           
Delahunty is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Ireland. She received her LLB from King’s College, University of London in 1981 and attended College of Law, Guildford, in 1982.