Graham Smith

Experience

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  Madden & Finucane Solicitors

  Jan 1996 - Sept 1998

  Paralegal/Trainee Solicitor

  Trainee Solicitor - working on mix of criminal and civil cases including judicial reviews. Involved prison consultations, case preparation, liaising with counsel often in high profile cases.

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  Comerton & Hill Solicitors

  Sept 1998 - Oct 1999

  Solicitor

  General commercial and employment litigation.

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  Pattinson & Brewer

  May 1999 - Oct 2002

  Assistant Solicitor

  Advising mainly trade union clients and their members on the full range of employment and equality law issues including running Employment Tribunal cases on their behalf.

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  Government Legal Department

  Mar 2004 - Sept 2019

  Senior Lawyer

  From 2007 - 2017 I was a senior lawyer in the Home Office, leading on advising on policy initiatives including the development and passage of Bills through Parliament; drafting statutory instruments; advising on litigation strategy; and advising on operational issues. Key Bills included leading on the Terrorism Prevention and Investigatory Measures Act 2011; Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015; Criminal Finances Act 2017. From 2015-2017 I led a team to develop the criminal finances bill ( a bill designed to strengthen proceeds of crime recovery powers and anti money laundering measures - the so called 'McMafia law') steer it through parliament and implement it. Show less

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  Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  Nov 2017 - Sept 2019

  Senior Lawyer

  Advised on complex legal issues arising in the context of overseas justice and security assistance programmes in relation to counter terrorism and serious and organised crime. This included advising on questions of international human rights, information and data protection, international humanitarian law and international criminal justice assistance processes. Projects entailed developing swift understanding of overseas legal jurisdictions and administrative cultures and regular liaison with lawyers and officials from overseas jurisdictions and international bodies. Show less

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  Financial Conduct Authority

  Sept 2019 - now

  Technical Specialist: Leading on international enforcement co-operation projects including at IOSCO and in bilateral engagement with partners. I have a particular focus on crypto investigations and am leading a project to improve compliance with the IOSCO MMoU in partnership with key international regulatory partners. I led on advising on the procurement of major Tech and data projects as part of FCA’s transformation agenda. Advising on the regulation of consumer credit and mortgage business including in relation to policy development, FCA rule-making and guidance, parliamentary handling and liaising with Government Departments

  • Senior Lawyer

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Technical Specialist

    Jun 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Lead Associate

    Sept 2019 - Jun 2022
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  International Organization of Securities Commissions - IOSCO

  Mar 2023 - now

  Committee Member

  Member of Committee 4, Screening Group and support to Chair of Monitoring Group.