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Margaret is a senior associate in King & Spalding’s Special Matters group in the London office. She is both US- and UK-qualified with a global practice.
Margaret focuses on cross-border criminal and regulatory investigations, representing companies and individuals conducting internal investigations or under investigation by government authorities. She has particular experience with anticorruption, sanctions, and environmental issues, and the oil and gas, financial services, shipping and logistics, aviation, and automotive industries. She has conducted investigations for clients in the US, UK, Europe, APAC, and India, involving US, UK, and foreign authorities. She also regularly advises clients on anticorruption compliance issues, both to help them develop or supplement their own compliance programs, or to provide a risk assessment regarding a target company for a potential merger or acquisition and recommend post-closing compliance enhancements.
Margaret earned her undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. She received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship. During law school, Margaret was a member of the Barristers’ Council Executive Board, the director of the Trial Advocacy team, and an Articles Development Editor of the American Criminal Law Review. She also worked as an intern for the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
B.A., English, University of Notre Dame, with honors
District of Columbia
England and Wales
Virginia
French
December 2, 2021
K&S advises BOA Acquisition on its $1.2B acquisition of Selina
December 2, 2021
BOA Acquisition Corp. to Merge with Selina in de-SPAC Transaction
September 20, 2021
Eagle Merchant Partners Acquires Code Ninjas Holdings
Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a major Turkish bank in connection with allegations of money laundering and sanctions violations.
Assisting a major, global corporation to design and implement a new compliance department, including the drafting of all compliance policies and procedures and related staff training.
Conducted an international anti-corruption internal investigation in multiple jurisdictions, including SE Asia, China, the Middle East, and India, for an international chemical company.
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November 23, 2021
A One-Way Rachet: FATF Regulation of Cryptocurrency and Decentralized Finance
July 15, 2021
Understanding Regulatory Trends: Digital Assets & Anti-Money Laundering
July 2, 2021
King & Spalding: transatlantic business crime and investigations July 2021 column
December 2, 2021
K&S advises BOA Acquisition on its $1.2B acquisition of Selina
December 2, 2021
BOA Acquisition Corp. to Merge with Selina in de-SPAC Transaction
September 20, 2021
Eagle Merchant Partners Acquires Code Ninjas Holdings
Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of a major Turkish bank in connection with allegations of money laundering and sanctions violations.
Assisting a major, global corporation to design and implement a new compliance department, including the drafting of all compliance policies and procedures and related staff training.
Conducted an international anti-corruption internal investigation in multiple jurisdictions, including SE Asia, China, the Middle East, and India, for an international chemical company.
See more
November 23, 2021
A One-Way Rachet: FATF Regulation of Cryptocurrency and Decentralized Finance
July 15, 2021
Understanding Regulatory Trends: Digital Assets & Anti-Money Laundering
July 2, 2021
King & Spalding: transatlantic business crime and investigations July 2021 column
December 2, 2021
K&S advises BOA Acquisition on its $1.2B acquisition of Selina
December 2, 2021
BOA Acquisition Corp. to Merge with Selina in de-SPAC Transaction
September 20, 2021
Eagle Merchant Partners Acquires Code Ninjas Holdings
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
B.A., English, University of Notre Dame, with honors
District of Columbia
England and Wales
Virginia
French