About Andrew Wilcock
Andrew specialises in complex commercial disputes, and corporate criminal and regulatory investigations. He has managed class actions and other large litigations for clients in Australia and the United States; conducted internal investigations into allegations of bribery, fraud and other business integrity matters; and advised on engagements with a spectrum of Australian regulators, including ASIC, AUSTRAC, the AFP, ATO, ASO, and NACC.
Andrew also co-leads Allens' Risk and Compliance Advisory practice. He has expertise in a wide range of compliance issues, including anti-bribery, anti-fraud and anti-scams, anti-money laundering and proceeds of crime, sanctions and export controls, and political donations and lobbying regulation. He has deep experience conducting compliance risk assessments, reviewing and uplifting compliance frameworks and policies, developing and implementing compliance controls, and assisting with post-compliance incident remediation.
He is a committed pro bono lawyer, and has advised individuals and not-for-profit organisations on asylum applications, reconciliation issues, the recognition of transgender and intersex persons, and other human rights issues. He is a member of the Bribery Prevention Network Steering Committee.
He is admitted to legal practice in the United States as well as Australia, and has worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York. He holds a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School, where he graduated with highest honours.
Andrew's relevant experience includes advising:
- ANZ in a member class action concerning the duties of the trustee of OnePath superannuation funds
- ANZ in an ASIC enforcement action alleging misconduct in its Retail division
- Crown Resorts Limited in a shareholder class action concerning representations about its anti-money laundering compliance systems
- Credit Suisse in multiple residential mortgage-backed securities lawsuits around the United States, including in two of the three RMBS cases ever to go to trial
- multiple companies in AFP investigations of foreign bribery allegations, including the first to be resolved through non-conviction-based proceeds of crime resolution
- multiple companies in transfer pricing disputes with the ATO
- multiple companies in internal investigations of foreign bribery, fraud, money laundering, sanctions, and other business integrity allegations
- numerous companies across several sectors on anti-bribery and sanctions enterprise-wide risk assessments, root cause analyses, and compliance program reviews
- numerous companies across several sectors on international compliance and regulatory issues related to securities issuances, acquisitions, asset purchases, country entry, and individual commercial and financial transactions, including by conducting anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, business and human rights and sanctions due diligence
- multiple clients in relation to the Australian Law Reform Commission's review into the corporate criminal responsibility regime
- A Gender Agenda in a landmark High Court case on transgender and intersex rights
- multiple asylum seeker clients in removal proceedings in Australia and the United States.