Laura Dunseath

Senior Legal Counsel for ABC and AML at Shell

Speaker

Laura is Senior Legal Counsel for Anti-bribery and Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering at Shell based in London. Laura is responsible for providing ABC and AML advice for Shell’s operations in Europe and the Trading and Supply business unit. Laura qualified as barrister in 2001 and has been practicing as an ABC, AML and fraud lawyer since then in various roles, including 4 years spent at the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland as a Senior Prosecutor, followed by over 6 years at the Serious Fraud Office in London where, as a Case Controller she led large and complex investigations and prosecutions into fraud until 2018 before moving into private practice. Laura joined Shell in April last year from Eversheds Sutherland where she was a Legal Director in their Corporate Crime and Investigations team. Laura has extensive experience in advising corporate clients in relation to the full range of cross-border bribery, fraud and money laundering issues, including both internal investigations and those conducted by law enforcement or regulators, pre-deal due diligence and high-risk agent onboarding and management.