Charlie
Patrick
Partner
Charlie Patrick has over 25 years’ experience leading complex forensic accounting investigations and compliance reviews and has served as an expert witness in the UK High Court. He has led over 75 bribery and fraud investigations globally and provided anti-bribery and anti-fraud training in over a dozen countries. Clients say Charlie is “first-rate, hard-working and attentive” and “definitely someone you want in your corner” (Chambers and Partners)
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Prior to joining FRA, Charlie established and led the Forensic Accounting team in Central and Eastern Europe at KPMG and spent two years as EMA Head of Anti-Bribery and Corruption. Charlie has appeared as a witness of fact in the UK High Court, and as an expert accounting witness in a criminal prosecution and international arbitrations.
Charlie has a First-Class degree in Metallurgy, Economics and Management from Oxford University, is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and was a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (1994 – 2023).
Compliance advisory
- Airbus: Led a team assisting Airbus in improving its compliance program, including designing a transformative global anti-bribery and corruption (ABAC) risk assessment, supporting the follow-up implementation to meet the requirements of major global regulators, and testing the effectiveness of a range of financial and non-financial controls.
- Rolls-Royce: Performed an independent assessment of the company’s anti-bribery compliance program during the last year of a UK Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA), which included a report to the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
- Sovereign Wealth Fund: Led reviews into investments made by a SWF, one following concerns raised as to the nature of the investment, and the other where the investee company had been subject to allegations raised by a short seller.
- ABB: Jointly led the FRA team supporting ABB’s Compliance and Finance teams to improve their internal controls in the run-up to the company’s multi-jurisdictional settlements regarding allegations of corruption in South Africa.
- Engineering Company: Assisted two engineering companies to respond to inquiries from HMRC regarding potential breaches of export control regulations.
Investigations
- Telecommunication Infrastructure Provider: Working alongside counsel, undertook a financial crime risk assessment for a telco provider, triggered by the requirements of its new owners.
- Private Family Trust Dispute: Led an investigation to support claims in a long-running dispute between family parties who have interests in Europe-wide manufacturing, agriculture and banking businesses.
- Airbus: Supported the multi-year, multinational investigation, resulting in a EUR 3.6b settlement with four investigative authorities: the UK SFO, the US DOJ and DOS, and the French PNF.
- Global Consultancy: Led a review into the way in which the company handled internal investigations, and how the company’s internal investigations team interacted with the business.
- Pharmaceutical Supplier: Working alongside counsel, led an investigation into overcharging by a pharmaceutical supplier of its main customer.
- Digital Marketing Company: Working alongside the General Counsel, helped support the drafting and roll-out of a complete suite of company-wide compliance policies.
- Luxury Goods Manufacturer: Working alongside counsel, led an investigation to respond to inquiries from the US DOJ Kleptocapture taskforce regarding business undertaken with Russian customers.
- Building Product Manufacturer: Working with counsel, jointly led an investigation into potential accounting manipulation at a subsidiary in Southern Europe.
- Engineering Consultancy: Supported two M&A pre-acquisition due diligence reviews for a European engineering consultancy focused on bribery and corruption risks.
- Property Management Company: Undertook an internal investigation for a property management company regarding concerns that commissions were not being properly declared.
Biography
Charlie Patrick has over 25 years’ experience leading complex forensic accounting investigations and compliance reviews and has served as an expert witness in the UK High Court. He has led over 75 bribery and fraud investigations globally and provided anti-bribery and anti-fraud training in over a dozen countries. Clients say Charlie is “first-rate, hard-working and attentive” and “definitely someone you want in your corner” (Chambers and Partners)
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Awards & Recognition
2025 Investigations Forensic Accountants, Lexology Index
2024 - Consulting Experts - Forensic Accountants, Lexology Index
2019-2023 Global Leader - Consulting Experts - Forensic Accounting, Lexology Index
2025 Global Elite Thought Leader - Consulting Experts – Forensic Accountants, Lexology Index
