Rachel Cropper-Mawer

Rachel is a partner in Ogier's Jersey office and is head of the firm's Regulatory Services offering.

Rachel is a highly experienced lawyer, specialising in advice on contentious and non-contentious regulatory and compliance, and fraud and asset recovery matters for both domestic and cross-border cases. She has extensive experience of High Court litigation and arbitration.

Background and experience

Rachel has extensive in-house and private practice experience on non-contentious regulatory and compliance advisory, program and issue management, as well as contentious regulatory disputes and litigation – primarily fraud and asset seizing and tracing. She regularly conducts internal investigations, co-ordinating international investigations and litigation, and advises c-suite executives and boards. She managed risk and compliance for the Middle East and Africa region and developed the non-operated joint venture anti-bribery and corruption risk management programme at BP plc, and also worked for Willis Insurance Brokers (International), where she took on the role of chief compliance and risk officer for Most of World, sitting on the executive team and risk committee, and advising the audit committee.

Rachel also worked on insider dealing and other complex wholesale financial services investigations in the Enforcement team at the Financial Conduct Authority, and spent six months seconded to insurance company Hannover Re. She was also formerly co-chair of the Global Regulatory and Investigations team at one of the largest international litigation firms.

Rachel is a regular speaker at industry events and an author of industry-leading thought leadership, publishing articles on a wide range of subjects.

Memberships:
·         Women in White Collar Crime Defence
·         Civil Fraud Lawyers Association
·         Fraud Lawyers Association

Committees:
·         Committee member of the IBA Asset Recovery Committee

Pro Bono:
·         Mentor Scheme in London Schools
·         Ambassador and Mentor for Aspiring Solicitors

Admitted in:
2001 - England and Wales (non-practising)