Alison was appointed Global Head of the Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations division in 2021 and is a member of Linklaters Executive Committee. She is ExCom champion for Diversabilities.

Alison specialises in contentious financial regulation, working closely with colleagues in the firm’s Financial Regulation Group, and on banking litigation and related public law. She routinely advises market-leading financial institutions on their most significant Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) enforcement investigations, as well as on a range of internal investigations. She has extensive retail banking experience. She has also advised clients under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office and overseas enforcement agencies. Alison’s contentious regulatory experience includes pre-enforcement and risk advisory work, often helping clients through section 166 Financial Services and Markets Act reviews, thematic reviews and FCA executive procedures.

Alison is listed as a leading individual in Legal 500 as part of Linklaters tier 1 contentious regulatory practice, was previously rated one of Global Investigation’s Review’s 40 under 40 investigations lawyers.

Alison’s extensive bank sector knowledge has been supplemented by three secondments to the in-house litigation teams of both RBS and Barclays.