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Kamila Kwincinska is a Senior Paralegal in Howard Kennedy's Business Crime and Regulatory team and is a key member of the firm's International Risk practice. She has over a decade of experience in the legal sector and specialises in extradition, INTERPOL Red Notices, and complex cross-border criminal and regulatory matters.
Kamila advises individuals, business executives and high net worth clients facing international legal risk, often involving parallel proceedings across multiple jurisdictions where issues of personal liberty, reputation and business interests are at stake. She works closely with clients and international counsel to develop coordinated defence strategies in complex and high-profile matters.
Kamila has extensive experience assisting with extradition proceedings, including cases involving allegations of fraud, money laundering, sanctions breaches and other financial crime, as well as matters engaging political and human rights considerations. She has worked on extradition requests from a wide range of jurisdictions, including the United States, Russia, India, Brazil, the UAE and numerous European countries. Her experience includes matters resulting in significant appellate decisions and cases involving engagement with overseas prosecutors and government agencies.
She also advises on INTERPOL Red Notices and Diffusions, assisting clients with preventative strategies, challenges before INTERPOL's Commission for the Control of Files and the management of wider international legal risk arising from cross-border investigations.
In addition to her international practice, Kamila assists clients involved in significant criminal and regulatory investigations. Her experience includes matters involving the Serious Fraud Office, Crown Prosecution Service, local authorities, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC).
Prior to joining private practice, Kamila worked in a busy legal aid practice specialising in extradition and international criminal law. Kamila also has a strong background in financial services compliance, having worked for a private bank to develop and maintain regulatory frameworks.
Fluent in Polish, Kamila is well-placed to assist Polish-speaking clients with sensitive and complex matters.
- Assisted in representing a prominent British businessman resisting extradition to the United States in connection with allegations of sanctions evasion and wire fraud, involving parallel proceedings in the UK and US and coordination with US attorneys. The matter was ultimately resolved through negotiations with the US Department of Justice, resulting in the withdrawal of the extradition request.
- Assisted in defending an Israeli businessman facing extradition to Germany concerning allegations of multimillion-pound derivatives fraud and money laundering, involving complex human rights arguments, extensive expert medical evidence and appellate proceedings before the High Court.
- Advised on the extradition implications arising from a high-profile Serious Fraud Office prosecution concerning alleged corruption in the Nigerian oil sector, including coordination with Spanish counsel on extradition and international enforcement issues.
- Advised a dual Polish-British high-net-worth individual and businessman in connection with an extradition request from Poland concerning allegations of conspiracy to murder and the supply of controlled drugs, together with the enforcement of an outstanding sentence relating to firearms offences.
- Assisted a businessman and members of his family in relation to a commercially motivated INTERPOL Red Notice, including issues arising from the detention of a family member overseas and the wider management of multi-jurisdictional legal risk. The matter was ultimately resolved, and the Red Notice was removed.
- Advised the founder of a Swiss asset management firm in connection with a US extradition request arising from allegations linked to the Panama Papers investigation. Worked closely with US lawyers and specialist experts to develop a coordinated international defence strategy, ultimately resolving the matter through cooperation with the relevant authorities.
Kamila holds an award in the Fundamentals of Financial Services from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Kamila is bilingual (Polish and English) and has used her language skills to represent the interests of her clients in both the UK and abroad.