Ruby Hamid
Partner, Ashurst
Ruby specialises in global investigations, white collar crime, compliance and risk management. Her technical expertise in bribery and corruption, money laundering, serious fraud and tax evasion supports her practice. Ruby advises clients across a broad spectrum of regulatory and criminal issues. She is a former prosecutor and spent 13 years at the independent Bar before joining a Magic Circle firm in 2015. She spent a decade leading investigations and prosecutions for the FCA, the National Crime Agency, HMRC, the CPS Specialist Fraud and Serious Crime Units, the FRC and the Environment Agency. She was Panel Counsel for the SFO, General Medical Counsel and the Office of Rail Regulation. Ruby has particular expertise in the financial sector, spending 6 years acting for the Financial Conduct Authority, investigating and prosecuting their most serious market abuse and insider dealing cases.
A key part of Ruby's practice is compliance and risk management, and she recently spent 6 months seconded to a Fortune 500 company as Head of International Compliance. She advises on financial crime prevention, compliance and corporate governance programmes, responses to new legislation, modern slavery and supply-chain control.