Ashley Collins
Associate, London
Ashley Collins
Associate, London
Ashley Collins is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s London office. She is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Regulation and Litigation & Arbitration practice groups.
Ashley’s practice focuses on criminal and regulatory proceedings, internal investigations, trade and economic sanctions, and commercial disputes.
Ashley has significant experience of trial advocacy, pre-trial negotiation, and case preparation. Prior to joining the firm, Ashley practiced as a Barrister in criminal and civil litigation, during which time she established herself as a confident advocate and trial lawyer.
As a Barrister, Ashley obtained valuable experience as a criminal prosecutor acting on behalf of the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service, and representing other UK authorities in trials and contested hearings. Ashley also has experience in economic crime, having spent 18 months working in the Bribery and Corruption Unit of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), where she assisted in one of the largest and most complex investigations ever conducted by the SFO.
Ashley read law at university and went on to obtain an LLM in Public International Law from Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands. Ashley completed the Bar Professional Training Course in 2016, where she obtained the highest mark of ‘Outstanding’ and received a Certificate of Honour from the Honourable Society of Middle Temple in recognition of her achievements.
Ashley Collins is an associate in Cohen & Gresser’s London office. She is a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Regulation and…
Education
University of Law (BPTC, 2016); Leiden University (LLM, Public International Law, 2014); University of the West of England (LLB, Hons., 2013)
Bar Admissions
England & Wales (Barrister)
Activities and Affiliations
Member, Young Fraud Lawyers Association
Member, Women’s White Collar Defense Association
Sub-committee Member, Female Fraud Forum
In this Client Alert, John Gibson, Thomas Shortland, and Ashley Collins explore the divergent approaches to whistleblower payment schemes in the UK and the U.S. and shed light on the challenges and opportunities faced in this area by the current Director of the SFO.
In this C&G Client Alert, Thomas Shortland, John Gibson and Ashley Collins:
- highlight three trends in director disqualification enforcement which emerge from the Report;
- suggest factors that may have contributed to these trends; and
- discuss whether these trends are likely to continue.
They also provide some insights on contested disqualification proceedings from recent cases.
- no longer required to demonstrate that a person had knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect they were in breach of a financial sanction in assessing whether to issue a monetary penalty. This strict liability test brings the UK regime more in line with the U.S. model used for financial sanctions; and
- able to publish details of financial sanctions breaches where a monetary penalty has not been imposed.
In this C&G client alert, Sir David Green CB QC, Tim Harris, and Ashley Collins examine the amended UK sanctions regime and the prospects for increased UK sanctions enforcement activity (civil, regulatory, and criminal).
John W Gibson, Thomas Shortland, and Ashley Collins outline the key factors company directors must consider when making business decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they may face scrutiny from a range of interested parties including creditors, employees, trade unions, landlords, customers, regulators, insolvency practitioners, and possibly law enforcement.