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Kitty St Aubyn

Of Counsel
(Barrister)

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Kitty St Aubyn is Of Counsel (Barrister) practising primarily in the CMS Corporate Crime group. 

Kitty specialises in advising clients on solutions to novel, complex issues, with particular expertise in financial crime, fraud, civil recovery and the proceeds of crime. 

Kitty’s financial-crime experience includes acting as counsel for a senior trader accused of manipulating interest rates and representing a key defendant in the News International phone hacking trial. She regularly advises clients in relation to money-laundering matters and asset-forfeitures. Kitty has worked extensively in professional discipline proceedings, inquests and public inquiries, and has considerable experience in resolving issues with government bodies and conducting fact-finding investigations.

Kitty regularly delivers seminars to a range of stakeholders on emerging areas of law from Unexplained Wealth Orders to training regulatory prosecutors in the conduct of investigations. Kitty is interested in the intersection between criminal and public law and is experienced in litigating sensitive issues relating to mental ill health and fitness to plead in both criminal and disciplinary proceedings.

Prior to practising in law, Kitty worked as a Parliamentary speech writer, went on to act as a representative of advertising stakeholders to UK and EU government, before being employed by the UK Government on an bribery and corruption investigation in a British Overseas Territory.

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"Kitty St Aubyn is extremely hardworking and dedicated to her clients."

Legal 500, 2025

Memberships & Roles

  • Fraud Lawyer’s Association
  • Criminal Bar Association
  • The Middle Temple
  • Women in Criminal Law. 
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11/11/2024
Failure to prevent fraud offence: “reasonable procedures” guidance published...
The UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“ECCTA”) makes various changes in the law relating to economic and financial crime.The official Guidance on the new offence of “failure...
20/06/2024
SFO’s Strategy for 2024-2029 – New Emphasis for the SFO
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has unveiled its strategy for 2024-2029.  The Strategy reads rather more clearly and concisely than many corporate vis­ion-state­ments of this sort, perhaps reflecting...
17/05/2024
European Sanctions: Mandatory Contract Clauses, New Criminal Penalties
Back­ground­Follow­ing Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion of Ukraine in 2022, global allies including the UK, US and EU, Canada and Australia, acted in concert to impose stringent sanctions...
13/05/2024
Aven v Council (T-301/22) and Fridman v Council (T-304/22)
IntroductionThe EU and many other countries impose financial sanctions on in­di­vidu­als. These people, who are often wealthy businessmen with ties to particular governments, are “designated” under...
01/05/2024
CMS Media Update Morning 2024
 Our popular Media Update Morning returns and we are excited to welcome you in person to discuss a range of topical areas including:The latest changes to the Media Bill and FAST channel regulation - Victoria Gaskell, John Enser and Sam OustayiannisWhy you need to know about ECCTA now! - Kitty St AubynThe busy world of regulation (tax credit changes, online safety and more) - Rebecca PlattPrivilege quiz (how to keep it and lose it) - Tamsin BlowPlease do come early and join us for coffee and breakfast. As ever, the content will be tailored for the media industry, and we invite you to submit any specific questions in advance by emailing us at Events@cms-cmno. com. To RSVP, please click the button below.  
24/04/2024
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws in United Kingdom
14/12/2023
Bribery in the gambling sector: change,“non-leg­al­ity” and grey areas
For several years the UK authorities, including HMRC, have been investigating allegations of bribery in connection with gambling operations in or relating to Türkiye (the new official name of Turkey)...
14/12/2023
New UK trade sanctions enforcement body
The Department of Business and Trade has announced the creation of a new trade sanctions enforcement body, the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (“OT­SI”). In a speech on Monday 11 December...
07/11/2023
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Royal Assent for failure...
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“ECCTA”) received Royal Assent on 27 October 2023. 400 days after the introduction of the Bill, and some 52 years after the case of Tesco v...
21/04/2023
Corporate failure to prevent fraud – a new era in UK law
Corporate Criminal LiabilityIt used to be that company law and criminal law had very little to do with each other.  From the nineteenth century onwards, what we might call the “classical” theory...
13/09/2022
Disputes 101: Communicating in a Contentious Environment
Welcome to the Disputes 101: CMS Autumn Webinar Series for 2022 This series will take place over 11 weeks, every Tuesday from 6 September – 29 November at 2pm - 3pm. Partners and associates from CMS’...
01/08/2022
Russia sanctions update: UK bans new investment into Russia
New UK sanctions regulations have come into force imposing the most rigorous restriction on doing business with Russia since the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The twelfth amendment to the Russia...