Rebecca leads the strategy and delivery of our intelligence and investigations work in the Nordics region, supporting clients through complex commercial, integrity and geopolitical challenges. Based in Copenhagen, her work spans opportunity-driven diligence and bespoke intelligence requirements through to crisis response, including compliance investigations and dispute support.
Working closely with Nordic-headquartered organisations, investors and law firms, Rebecca co-ordinates cross-border intelligence projects that draw on our global network and specialist capabilities. This involves frequent collaboration with experts across our disputes advisory, private markets, cyber, security and political risk teams.
Recent engagements include:
- Investigating cases of alleged corruption and financial crime within our clients’ organisations and supply chains across the Middle East and Europe. This included product diversion and other sanctions evasion issues tied to Iran, Iraq, Syria and Russia, as well as issues of fraud, IP theft and competitor sabotage in the Middle East and Europe.
- Providing complex transaction support for European investors considering first-time acquisitions in the defence sector, in the aftermath of Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- Providing long-term intelligence and risk management support to a client involved in a dispute with an African state-owned entity, helping them to navigate a complex operating environment and achieve a positive outcome.
Rebecca was previously based in Control Risks’ London and Dubai offices, and has worked and travelled extensively, including in Iraq, Iran, Syria and Ukraine. Understanding the human dynamics behind a situation is key to her approach, and clients value her focus on the incentives, relationships and decision-making that shape events. Whenever possible, she gains first-hand exposure to the environments in which her clients are operating.
She has multilingual research experience in English, French and Persian, and holds an MA in Persian & English Literature from the University of Edinburgh.