Nicola Sharp

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nicola.sharp@rahravelli.co.uk

Practice Areas

Nicola Sharp’s fraud, civil recovery and business crime expertise and her leading of some of the UK’s most demanding cases have earned her a reputation for diligence and thoroughness. Her skill managing the most complex, large commercial and financial disputes and her track record in multinational cases involving financial services markets and major enforcement agencies make her a logical choice for corporates and high net worth individuals. Her expertise in conducting internal investigations and devising preventative measures helps clients identify and remove problems with minimal financial and reputational damage. Her private prosecutions successes have led to her being in increasing demand among corporate and private clients.

Nicola’s workload includes some of the UK’s largest pension liberation fraud and mortgage fraud investigations, the biggest international investment fraud prosecutions and multi-million-pound Proceeds of Crime Act cases. It also includes global bribery and corruption cases and multinational money laundering investigations requiring extensive knowledge of deferred prosecution agreements. Nicola worked on Rahman Ravelli’s successful representation of the CEO in the huge Imperial Consolidated investment fraud prosecution. She leads teams on very high-cost fraud cases and defended clients in actions brought by the European Commission’s anti-fraud body OLAF, over alleged improper use of EU funds.