Iman Teemul is a counsel in the Dispute Resolution group, focusing on litigation, international arbitration and white collar investigation matters.
Iman has extensive experience representing clients in complex, high-value and cross-border disputes across various industries, including financial services, cryptocurrency and life sciences. Iman is also experienced in handling white collar investigations and regulatory enforcement actions, responding to inquiries from agencies worldwide. She has represented global corporations and financial institutions in investigations involving allegations of insider trading, financial mis-reporting, breaches of restrictive covenants and information barriers, misuse of MNPI, transaction mismanagement and accounting fraud.
Representative Experience
- Defended an appeal brought in the Court of Appeal by the former employee of an investment bank who had been imprisoned for espionage and claimed resulting loss of earnings.
- London associate on an internal investigation concerning the non-disclosure of a side agreement between CSAM and Softbank, which gave rise to allegations of unfair treatment of investors, conflicts of interest and circular funding.
- Handled a whistleblower complaint into serious governance and compliance concerns, including the stage management of internal audits and accounting fraud.
- Investigated multiple team moves in breach of non-solicitation and non-compete restrictive covenants.
- Investigated allegations of insider trading involving a substantial share purchase by the former spouse of a major retail company’s CEO, immediately prior to the announcement of annual trading results.
Education
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B.C.L., Oxford University, 2012
B.A., London School of Economics, 2011
Admissions
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England and Wales