Casey Quinton

Senior Associate Advocate

Regulatory. Financial crime. Investigations.

Casey is a dual-qualified lawyer developing a specialist practice in regulatory law, proceeds of crime and financial crime.

Qualified as both a Manx Advocate and South African Attorney, her professional background combines corporate and commercial law, forensic investigations and international in-house practice.

That combination is particularly valuable in regulatory and financial crime cases, where understanding the legal framework is only part of the task. The underlying transactions, corporate structures, financial evidence and regulatory environment must also be understood.

Understand the transaction. Follow the evidence. Identify the risk.

Regulatory investigations & enforcement

Casey advises businesses, directors, professionals and individuals where regulatory concerns have become contentious.

Regulatory matters rarely exist in isolation.  An issue identified through compliance may lead to an internal investigation, regulatory enforcement, reputational consequences or potential criminal exposure.

Casey’s experience within regulated international business gives her an understanding of those issues from inside an organisation as well as from the perspective of external counsel.

Her focus is therefore not simply on responding to the immediate request or allegation, but on considering what may follow.

Proceeds of crime & financial crime

A principal area of Casey’s developing specialist practice is the Isle of Man’s proceeds of crime and financial crime regime.

Her work includes issues involving:

• Money laundering
• Criminal property
• Reporting obligations
• Restraint and confiscation
• Production and disclosure orders
• Third-party interests
• Financial investigations
• Fraud
• AML/CFT

These matters can sit at the intersection of criminal, regulatory and commercial law.

Casey works closely with Advocates Smith Taubitz Unsworth Ltd’s wider litigation team where cases require expertise across those areas.

Fraud & investigations

Casey is a Certified Fraud Examiner and previously worked as legal adviser to a forensic business involved in financial crime investigations.

That experience is particularly relevant to cases involving substantial documentary material, financial transactions and the need to reconstruct what has happened from records created for an entirely different purpose.

Investigations require discipline.  The task is not to begin with a conclusion and look for evidence that supports it.  It is to understand the material, identify what it establishes and recognise what remains uncertain.

Corporate & commercial experience

Before moving to the Isle of Man, Casey trained and practised at Webber Wentzel in South Africa, gaining experience of corporate transactions, restructurings and company-law matters.

That background provides an important foundation for her current practice.

Financial crime and regulatory cases frequently involve companies, transactions and structures that first need to be understood commercially before their legal significance can properly be assessed.

In-house perspective

Before joining Advocates Smith Taubitz Unsworth Ltd, Casey worked as in-house legal counsel within Suntera Group’s international business.

Her work included regulatory, commercial, trust and corporate matters.

That experience means she understands the pressures faced by regulated businesses when legal, commercial, compliance and reputational considerations need to be managed simultaneously.

Regulatory advice needs to work in the real organisation, not simply on the page.

Commercial & civil litigation

Casey also undertakes commercial and civil litigation.

Her corporate and investigative background is particularly useful in document-heavy commercial disputes and cases involving allegations of fraud or financial misconduct.

This work complements rather than competes with her principal regulatory and financial crime specialism.

Working with Casey

Casey’s approach is analytical and evidence-led.

She is particularly interested in cases where financial information, corporate activity and regulatory obligations intersect.

Her international experience also gives her a perspective extending beyond the Isle of Man while she continues to develop a specialist Manx regulatory and contentious practice.

Follow the evidence. Understand the context. Then assess the risk.