October 7, 2026
Sailesh Mehta and Basanti Mardemootoo have written an article for LexisNexis examining the changing financial crime landscape in 2026.
The piece looks at the key legal and regulatory developments shaping financial crime practice, including:
- Economic crime and corporate transparency reforms
- Changes to AML and due diligence requirements
- Cryptoassets, enforcement and asset recovery
- What the changing landscape means for practitioners
Sailesh Mehta specialises in regulatory law and financial crime. Legal Directories recognise him as a leader in his field. He was recently nominated for Corporate Crime Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2026: https://redlionchambers.co.uk/barrister/sailesh-mehta/
Basanti Mardemootoo is a junior barrister with a general criminal practice. She has experience in account freezing order applications, confiscation proceedings and fraud cases:https://redlionchambers.co.uk/barrister/basanti-mardemootoo/
The full article is available to LexisNexis subscribers here: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/legal/news/financial-crime-in-2026-what-s-happened-what-is-yet-to-come
