Dilan Yaslak is Fulcrum’s first pupil barrister, starting her pupillage in January 2021.
She joined the business as a paralegal in 2017 gaining experience in both domestic and international corporate investigations and defence, bribery and corruption, and compliance and regulatory matters.
Dilan has assisted the firm’s lawyers, as both senior paralegal and case secretary, in representing corporate defendants in some of the most complex and substantive prosecutions by the SFO, DoJ, FCA and other governmental agencies and regulatory bodies. She has further experience of providing assistance to clients, including individuals, governments and multinational corporations, in conducting internal investigations, reviewing corporate compliance programmes, advising on regulatory matters and judicial review.
Dilan is increasingly gaining experience in matters relating to commercial arbitration, commercial disputes, and financial services, involving both senior individuals and multijurisdictional corporations.
Before joining Fulcrum, Dilan completed her BPTC studies at BPP University (Holborn) with an “Outstanding” accreditation. She was called to the Bar in 2017. She also has a First Class LLB with Transnational Legal Studies degree from King’s College London. Dilan was further awarded the Frank Quickfall award by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn.
Dilan has gained significant experience in While Collar Defence & Advisory work, having assisted with the representation of mining, transport, and natural gas producer corporations, as well as senior executives, in relation to some of the largest SFO investigations in those sectors, including ENRC and Rio Tinto. Dilan assists with advising clients on compliance issues, including in relation to money laundering, bribery and corruption, and fraud.
Significant recent experience in the sector includes:
Dilan assists on matters relating to asset forfeiture and POCA. Recent experience includes advising a former senior employee of a mining company on matters relating to cash forfeiture and proceeds of crime.
Dilan has experience of assisting the firm’s team in representing multinational clients and senior individuals in some of the most high-profile prosecutions by the SFO and other enforcement authorities for bribery and corruption offences, including drafting pleadings, drafting an application for leave to appeal against conviction to the Court of Appeal, providing advice in relation to specific transactions, and providing case secretarial assistance to counsel teams.
Significant recent experience includes:
Dilan assists with the provision of advice to companies and individuals across a spectrum of matters involving allegations of criminal fraud, including complex fraud, false accounting, and offences under the Fraud Act.
Recent experience includes advising a former senior employee of a mining company on matters relating to a fraud on a company, including preparing for PACE interviews with the SFO, and advising on specific transactions.
Dilan has experience of judicial review applications in the context of decisions taken by regulators and prosecutors in complex and long-running investigations, in both the UK and overseas, including the drafting of Pre-Action Protocol letters and response letters to Pre-Action Protocol letters.
Significant recent experience includes:
Dilan assists multinational clients in investigations in various areas, including assistance during interviews, reviewing and analysing evidence in relation to specific transactions, and managing relationships with regulators. Her experience includes investigations involving the SFO, FCA and US DoJ.
Significant recent experience includes:
Dilan has experience in assisting clients with internal investigations, including into allegations of sanctions breaches, bribery and corruption, and fraud.
Significant recent experience includes:
Dilan has experience in assisting companies and high-profile clients under investigation by regulatory bodies, including the SFO, FCA and DoJ.
Significant recent experience includes:
Dilan has experience in advising and representing clients in relation to commercial disputes, including:
Dilan has earned experience in the mining sector, having assisted in representing mining companies, as well as senior executives, in relation to some of the largest SFO investigations in that sector.
Significant recent experience in the sector includes:
Dilan has increasingly gained experience in the financial services sector.
Significant recent experience in the sector includes:
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