Date of Call: 1983
Date of Silk: 2006
Amanda Pinto QC is recommended as a Leading Silk for Fraud: Criminal in Chambers and Partners 2010. "Her case management skills and ability to synthesise large amounts of information" are widely praised. Amanda "has a winning presentation style." She "makes her case with firmness but avoids the hectoring stance that many seem to adopt."
In 2010 Amanda led the successful prosecution of the largest case ever brought by DEFRA - an international fraud and money laundering case in the egg industry.
Almost all Amanda's cases involve a significant international element.
She regularly gives seminars on Corporate Crime, Bribery and Money Laundering.
Areas of specialisation:
- Art crime
- Corruption
- Breach of trust and director’s disqualification cases
- Corporate crime including boiler room share frauds, officers’ theft of company funds
- Major drug supplies and importations
- Money laundering
Amanda can now accept direct access instructions