Frances Murray
LONDON
Frances Murray is the Partner in the Financial Crime team at Russell-Cooke LLP. Frances was called to the bar in 2008 and subsequently cross qualified as a solicitor in 2011 after spending the entirety of her career at a white collar boutique firm in the City. She was appointed as the head of the firm’s London offices and practised predominantly in the areas of financial crime and serious crime. Frances co-founded the Financial Crime department for an international City firm in September 2019.
Frances represents individuals, limited companies and PLCs from the investigatory stage to Court proceedings, as well as matters relating to Account Freezing Orders, Unexplained Wealth Orders and Suspicious Activity Reports. This includes ultra-high net worth individuals, senior management of high turnover multi-national corporations and world-leading global conglomerates in a variety of sectors (financial services, mining, property, fine art). Frances also defends investigations / prosecutions brought by UK based and cross-border law enforcement agencies, as well as prosecutions brought privately.
Frances also regularly advises clients on non-contentious regulatory matters in the financial crime sphere.