Cindy McNair

Cindy is a Managing Associate in the Disputes and Investigations team, focusing on major regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, significant disputes and risk and compliance matters.

She has extensive financial and corporate crime experience, which has included representing multinational companies, global financial institutions and individuals in high profile and complex investigations and proceedings both in the US and Australia involving alleged breaches of AML/CTF laws, sanctions violations, bribery, fraud, insider trading and other financial misconduct.

Cindy also regularly advises clients on the design, review and implementation of compliance and risk management frameworks, corporate governance issues, and remediation and uplift following regulatory activity.

Prior to joining Allens, Cindy worked at US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York for nearly 6 years, where she acted for clients in numerous regulatory and criminal matters before the US Department of Justice, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and other US agencies, including those arising out of the FIFA World Cup corruption scandal and the Brazilian Petrobras ‘Lava Jato’ criminal prosecutions (the largest bribery and money laundering scheme uncovered in Latin America’s history).