Gabriele Watts

Gabriele Watts

Year of call: 2019
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Gabriele Watts accepts a broad range of instructions covering both defence and prosecution work. She is regularly instructed in complex matters before the Crown Court and has a diverse practice which covers all areas of Chambers expertise, including serious criminal offences ranging from violence, firearms, human trafficking and drugs to high value fraud, counterfeit trading, and money laundering. She is frequently instructed in document heavy cases raising complex issues of fact and law and advises on these matters.

Gabriele’s practice also encompasses public inquiries and inquests, including Article 2 inquests. She has acted for professionals as well as for the families of the deceased.

Gabriele also engages in international developmental work in regions such as the West Balkans and has advised internationally.

Prior to joining Chambers, Gabriele worked at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) where she worked on a number of cases involving serious and complex fraud, as well as international bribery and corruption spanning multiple jurisdictions. She has engaged with regulatory bodies such as the FCA, and overseas enforcement agencies such as the US Department of Justice and drafted joint recommendations for the Director of the SFO.

Gabriele writes in the area of white-collar crime, and has lectured at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences on the LLM financial crime course. Gabriele is a Fellow of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators.

Appointments & Memberships

  • CPS Advocates Panel Grade 2
  • Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
  • Lord Denning Society
  • Fellow, International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators

Education & Qualifications

  • Advanced International Advocacy Course, University of Oxford
  • BPTC + LLM, City, University of London
  • LLB (Hons), London School of Economics and Political Sciences

 

  • Lord Denning Scholarship
  • Hardwicke Award
  • Princess Diana Award
  • Jack Petchey Award

Publications

Bulletin of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators:

Horder and G. Watts, The UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Issue 1, Paris, Summer 2023).

Criminal Law Review:

J. Horder and G. Watts, The Scope of Liability for Failure to Prevent Economic Crime [2021] Crim L.R. Issue 10.

Criminal Law Reform Now:

J. Horder and G. Watts, Senior Corporate Managers’ Criminal Liability for the Crimes of Employees’ or Agents’ in John Child, Jonathan Rogers and Melissa Bone (eds), Criminal Law Reform Now (Oxford: Hart Publishing, forthcoming).

The Encyclopedia of Corruption Law:

J. Horder and G.Watts, The UK Bribery Act 2010, in the Encyclopedia of Corruption Law (Edward Elgar, 2022 – forthcoming).

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