Vanessa K. McGoldrick

Vanessa K. McGoldrick

Counsel, White Collar Defense and Investigations
Vanessa McGoldrick advises clients on a broad range of cross-border regulatory, criminal and civil investigations and financial crime matters, including bribery and corruption, money laundering, financial sanctions, fraud and tax evasion.

Bio

Ms. McGoldrick has represented clients before a range of U.K. prosecutors and regulators, including the Financial Conduct Authority, Serious Fraud Office, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Competition and Markets Authority, as well as advised clients facing parallel investigations and proceedings by other international regulators.

She has conducted numerous internal investigations involving allegations of corporate misconduct and has completed a secondment to a major international bank’s financial crime (legal) team, advising on a range of money laundering, bribery and corruption and sanctions matters.

Ms. McGoldrick also counsels companies on compliance programs designed to prevent and detect violations of laws and provides advice on financial crime issues arising in due diligence exercises in the context of corporate transactions.

In recognition of her work, she is recognised as a Rising Star in The Legal 500 and named one of Best Lawyers’ 2023 Ones To Watch.

Credentials

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, 2010
  • LL.B., University of Exeter, 2008

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England and Wales

Vanessa K. McGoldrick

Counsel, White Collar Defense and Investigations
vanessa.mcgoldrick@skadden.com