Alix Boberg

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Alix acts for clients facing complex contentious disputes and regulatory investigations, with particular expertise in corporate crime, fraud and financial regulation.

Alix has extensive experience in the management of regulatory risks and the defence of regulatory investigations and proceedings across a wide range of sectors. Her advice to clients is both proactive, including internal investigations and compliance reform, and reactive, when responding to regulatory enquiries or litigation.

Alix has worked both as a prosecutor and defence counsel, in New Zealand and internationally, and joined Bell Gully in 2020. Alix's international experience includes working at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and Simmons & Simmons LLP in London, where she advised clients under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.K. Serious Fraud Office and Financial Conduct Authority.

Alix holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School and was recognised as one of 100 Women in Investigations by the Global Investigations Review in 2018.

Before working overseas, Alix was a criminal prosecutor in Auckland, acting as Crown counsel in jury trials, and completed a secondment at the Commerce Commission. She began her career as judge's clerk for the then Chief Justice, Dame Sian Elias.

Work highlights

International bribery and money laundering investigation
Advised a listed multinational energy company under investigation for bribery and money laundering and facing the threat of parallel civil proceedings.

Anti-money laundering compliance review
Reviewed and reformed the anti-money laundering controls of an international bank to resolve regulatory investigations by multiple financial regulators.

Fraud litigation
Acted for a financial institution in defending civil fraud proceedings brought in the English High Court based on the alleged misrepresentation of securities by employees.

Market manipulation trial
Defended a trader and a commodities trading firm in the first criminal prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice for “spoofing" (a form of market manipulation) at trial.

Air cargo cartel investigation and settlement
Acted for the Commerce Commission in filing and settling claims with international airlines for fixing the prices of fuel and security surcharges.

Progressive Enterprises Commerce Commission investigation
While on secondment at the Commerce Commission, investigated Progressive Enterprises for alleged anti-competitive and misleading conduct in relation to its suppliers.

Serious Fraud Office prosecution
Acted for the Serious Fraud Office in the successful prosecution of property developer Malcolm Mayer for a $50 million mortgage fraud following a six-week trial.

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