Magali Sharma is a Senior Associate specialising in International Financial Sanctions. She has experience advising clients on compliance with UK sanctions regulations and obtaining UK licences to deal with frozen assets. She has also dealt with investigations into suspected sanctions breaches and delisting applications.
Magali also has experience in financial crime, acting for clients in complex investigations involving domestic and overseas law enforcement agencies.
Before joining BCL, she trained and qualified in the international department of a London law firm, working on cases involving sanctions, public international law, and EU law. She has particular experience challenging EU restrictive measures and has successfully represented clients before the ECJ in Luxembourg.
In the course of her training, she also gained media litigation experience, working on claims relating to defamation, harassment and data protection for private individuals, high net worth clients and companies.
Magali is a native French speaker with basic knowledge of Spanish. She read law at Aix-Marseille University in France and achieved a distinction in her LPC before being admitted as a solicitor in September 2020.
Alongside her practice, Magali is a member of:
- Young Fraud Lawyers Association (YFLA)
- Female Fraud Forum (FFF)
- Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS)
- AMLP Forum
She has also been published by LexisNexis and is a regular contributor to BCL’s fortnightly sanctions newsletter.