Maia Cohen-Lask Senior Associate
Maia Cohen-Lask joined Corker Binning in November 2015. Maia was formerly a barrister practising at the self-employed criminal bar. Maia is also recommended in Legal 500 2016 for Professional Discipline.
Latest Posts
- To speak or not to speak: Adverse inferences and the Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Black
- Where there’s a (directing mind and) will, there’s a way (to prosecute a corporate)
- Why is telling the court you lied not enough to overturn a conviction?
- Sex, Lies, and Undercover Police
- Maia Cohen-Lask discusses the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines in cases of Domestic Abuse in Criminal Law & Justice Weekly
- Domestic Abuse: Removing Victims’ Voice
- Maia Cohen-Lask’s statement on Vladimir Bukovsky’s judgment in The Times Law Brief, the Daily Mail and the Express & Star
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines criminal cash forfeiture in Lawyer Monthly
- Cash Forfeiture: Insufficient Protections?
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines the impact of the SMR on the recruitment of CCO’s in Thomson Reuters Accelus
Areas of expertise
Maia is experienced in advising clients across cases spanning both white collar and general criminal investigations.
In financial crime, Maia has advised clients in a number of large and high-profile cases being investigated and prosecuted by the SFO, NCA, and FCA. This includes cross-border investigations representing clients being investigated in multiple jurisdictions.
In general crime, Maia has represented individuals at every stage from their first interview at the police station through to trial in a wide variety of cases including sexual offences, assaults, and drug offences. This includes experience of representing high-profile individuals in sensitive cases with significant media interest. Her prior experience of practise at the independent bar has given her particular insight into tactics in both Magistrates’ and Crown Court proceedings.
Maia also has experience of advising individuals in relation to extradition proceedings, INTERPOL, restraint, confiscation, cash forfeiture, and civil recovery.
Latest Posts
- To speak or not to speak: Adverse inferences and the Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Black
- Where there’s a (directing mind and) will, there’s a way (to prosecute a corporate)
- Why is telling the court you lied not enough to overturn a conviction?
- Sex, Lies, and Undercover Police
- Maia Cohen-Lask discusses the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines in cases of Domestic Abuse in Criminal Law & Justice Weekly
- Domestic Abuse: Removing Victims’ Voice
- Maia Cohen-Lask’s statement on Vladimir Bukovsky’s judgment in The Times Law Brief, the Daily Mail and the Express & Star
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines criminal cash forfeiture in Lawyer Monthly
- Cash Forfeiture: Insufficient Protections?
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines the impact of the SMR on the recruitment of CCO’s in Thomson Reuters Accelus
They are up to date on the law, they are agreeable and they are responsive. When there is an issue to be addressed, they do it in a timely way and in expert fashion.
Chambers UK 2016
Latest Posts
- To speak or not to speak: Adverse inferences and the Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Black
- Where there’s a (directing mind and) will, there’s a way (to prosecute a corporate)
- Why is telling the court you lied not enough to overturn a conviction?
- Sex, Lies, and Undercover Police
- Maia Cohen-Lask discusses the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines in cases of Domestic Abuse in Criminal Law & Justice Weekly
- Domestic Abuse: Removing Victims’ Voice
- Maia Cohen-Lask’s statement on Vladimir Bukovsky’s judgment in The Times Law Brief, the Daily Mail and the Express & Star
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines criminal cash forfeiture in Lawyer Monthly
- Cash Forfeiture: Insufficient Protections?
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines the impact of the SMR on the recruitment of CCO’s in Thomson Reuters Accelus
Recent Work
- Representing a defendant in the SFO’s trial of senior executives from Barclays in relation to its fundraising during the financial crisis
- Advising clients investigated and interviewed under caution by the SFO in two separate investigations arising from alleged LIBOR manipulation. In both of these cases, the SFO decided not to charge
- Securing an acquittal at trial for a client charged with rapes allegedly committed when he was a teenager
- Advising on potential liability of a company and its director in respect of a police and HSE investigation into gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter
- Acting for a high-profile individual charged with offences relating to indecent images of children
- Advising a suspect in a long-running Metropolitan Police investigation into a large alleged conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office
- Advising a suspect in an investigation concerning an alleged international bribery / corruption conspiracy
Latest Posts
- To speak or not to speak: Adverse inferences and the Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Black
- Where there’s a (directing mind and) will, there’s a way (to prosecute a corporate)
- Why is telling the court you lied not enough to overturn a conviction?
- Sex, Lies, and Undercover Police
- Maia Cohen-Lask discusses the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines in cases of Domestic Abuse in Criminal Law & Justice Weekly
- Domestic Abuse: Removing Victims’ Voice
- Maia Cohen-Lask’s statement on Vladimir Bukovsky’s judgment in The Times Law Brief, the Daily Mail and the Express & Star
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines criminal cash forfeiture in Lawyer Monthly
- Cash Forfeiture: Insufficient Protections?
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines the impact of the SMR on the recruitment of CCO’s in Thomson Reuters Accelus
Career
Maia completed her undergraduate degree at Oxford University, before going on to obtain a Distinction in her Graduate Diploma in Law, and an Outstanding in her Bar Professional Training Course. During her studies, Maia was awarded the Lord Brougham and Lord Denning scholarships by Lincoln’s Inn, as well as being named the runner up best overall student in her year on the Bar Professional Training Course.
Maia was called to the bar in 2012, prior to successfully undertaking pupillage, and subsequently practising as a tenant at 2 Bedford Row chambers. Whilst at the bar, she advised and appeared in court on behalf of her clients at every stage of proceedings, from first appearance through to trial and confiscation hearings, as well as on appeal. In addition, she prosecuted cases on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service and the Probation Service.
Maia is a member of Lincoln’s Inn, the Young Fraud Lawyers Association, and the Criminal Bar Association.
Latest Posts
- To speak or not to speak: Adverse inferences and the Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Black
- Where there’s a (directing mind and) will, there’s a way (to prosecute a corporate)
- Why is telling the court you lied not enough to overturn a conviction?
- Sex, Lies, and Undercover Police
- Maia Cohen-Lask discusses the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines in cases of Domestic Abuse in Criminal Law & Justice Weekly
- Domestic Abuse: Removing Victims’ Voice
- Maia Cohen-Lask’s statement on Vladimir Bukovsky’s judgment in The Times Law Brief, the Daily Mail and the Express & Star
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines criminal cash forfeiture in Lawyer Monthly
- Cash Forfeiture: Insufficient Protections?
- Maia Cohen-Lask examines the impact of the SMR on the recruitment of CCO’s in Thomson Reuters Accelus
Maia Cohen-Lask’s statement on Vladimir Bukovsky’s judgment in The Times Law Brief, the Daily Mail and the Express & Star