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 2009-2010 Amanda succesfully prosecuted the largest case ever brought by DEFRA.
Almost all Amanda's cases involve a significant international element.
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