Clementine Metcalfe
Biography
Clementine Metcalfe is an associate at the Baker McKenzie office in London. She trained at Baker McKenzie and qualified into the Firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice Group in 2022. She is also a member of the Firm’s Global Investigations, Compliance and Ethics Group.
Practice Focus
Clementine’s practice covers criminal and civil commercial litigation, as well as investigations and advisory work on compliance and ethics with a focus on business crime and fraud. Her matters are typically international in nature and often involve complex jurisdictional issues. She regularly acts for banks and companies in the defence and consumer goods sectors.
Representative Legal Matters
- Acting for the Bank of Baroda, a leading state-owned Indian bank, as one of the defendants to claims brought by the administrators of the collapsed NMC private healthcare group both before the English High Court and ADGM Court in a multibillion-dollar claim (approx. USD 6 billion). The claims relate to a massive alleged fraud which is said to have resulted in the collapse of the Group.
- Supporting a household name corporate client in the auto sector conducting an investigation into allegations of corruption and tax offences in North America.
- Advising a well-known UK-based charity by conducting a risk assessment in respect of corporate bribery and fraud offences.
- Represented Jeff Cook, a former director of GPT Special Project Management, in connection with criminal charges of corruption and misconduct in public office brought against him relating to his time working in the Middle East. This case is the longest running SFO investigation of all time and went to a four month jury trial. Mr. Cook was acquitted of the serious corruption charges made against him.
- Advised a FTSE 100 multinational corporation on an investigation into corruption and workplace harassment at its operations in Serbia.
- Represented a multinational corporation in the defence sector in reaching a settlement with one of its agents in Pakistan.
- Acted for the receiver of a Thai bank in relation to an enforcement action against assets in England and Wales arising out of a GBP 80 million banking fraud.
- Acted for a multinational telecommunications company that was at risk of criminal prosecution in Italy having been the victim of VAT ‘missing trader’ fraud.
Corporate Responsibility
Clementine has worked on a number of pro bono matters, including volunteering at the Legal Advice Centre, assisting Legal Response International with its climate change initiatives, providing project management support to Amicus and assisting several children to obtain British citizenship through the charity Coram. Clementine also worked at the British Red Cross on a sixth-month secondment as a trainee.
Admissions
- England & Wales~United Kingdom (2022)
Education
- BPP University (LLM Legal Practice Course, Distinction) (2020)
- BPP University (Graduate Diploma in Law) (2019)
- Durham University (Bachelor of Arts (History, Russian and Music), First Class Honours) (2018)
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.