Success for Crime and Fraud team with Serious Fraud Office and Crown Prosecution Service panels of Counsel

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18/12/2024

Chambers are delighted to announce that Francesca Kolar and Amelia Katz have been successful in their applications to join the Serious Fraud Office’s panel of counsel. The SFO prosecutes complex financial crime with a specialist team of investigators, experts, and counsel. 

We now have 5 members of the team on the SFO panel of counsel:

James Thacker KC – Silk Panel

Eleanor Mawrey – Panel A

Patricia Londono – Panel B

Francesca Kolar – Panel B

Amelia Katz – Panel C

We are also pleased to announce that members of the Crime and Fraud team have been successful in increasing their rankings on the CPS panels of external advocates.

The team now has 25 members ranked in the general list of prosecuting advocates including 9 members ranked in the specialist panel of fraud and 6 members ranked in the specialist panel of serious crime.

Featured Counsel

James Thacker KC

Call 2001 | Silk 2024

Eleanor Mawrey

Call 2001

Patricia Londono

Call 2008

Francesca Kolar

Call 2018

Amelia Katz

Call 2018

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