Young Pros Steering Team

Liane Atcheson                                                               

Solicitor | Tenet Compliance & Litigation

Liane advises on a wide variety of commercial fraud based investigation and litigation cases, typically focused on issues of fraud affecting SMEs and individuals.  Liane has a particular interest in fraud committed by agents and employees as well as assisting victims in responding to Authorised Push Payment fraud.

Prior to joining Tenet in 2016, Liane spent almost a decade advising large insurance companies on defending and resisting fraudulent claims at a large national law firm.  She developed a niche for insurance fraud, investigating and litigating large scale fraudulent schemes against major insurance companies, leading a team of fraud ring specialists.



Victoria Callicott

Senior Associate in Commercial Dispute Resolution

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP in Birmingham.

Victoria works on a mix of high value domestic and cross-border disputes and regularly works with clients in the Aerospace, Automotive and Water Sectors. Her recent experience includes acting for a utilities provider in respect of a high value dispute arising out of a business disposal, acting for an engineering construction company in the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry and acting for a FTSE 100 company on its liability to customers as a result of product durability issues. Victoria was identified as an Acritas Star lawyer in 2018 and is described by clients as delivering "excellent, succinct, commercial and pragmatic advice".

Victoria is a member of Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP’s UK Civil Fraud Team and often advises clients on anti-bribery and corruption compliance. Victoria has also been a Director of the Midlands Fraud Forum since May 2015, and a member of the Steering Committee since 2013. In 2019, she was a finalist in the legal category for Birmingham Young Professional of the Year after having been nominated as a result of her work with the Midlands Fraud Forum.



Ciaran Sherlock 

Senior Manager

RSM Risk Assurance Services LLP

Ciaran Sherlock is a qualified chartered accountant and certified fraud examiner with fourteen years’ experience conducting financial investigations and audits both in the UK and overseas. He specializes in managing teams undertaking proactive and reactive financial investigations as well as forensic audits into fraud, corruption and abuse in donor funded aid programs. He predominantly works with international development organisations including United Nations bodies to ensure funding is spent as intended, compliance with regulations, supply chain due diligence as well as undertaking fraud investigations on their behalf.  

Previously he worked in RSM’s forensic accounting department, which involved producing expert reports for use before the UK courts on both civil and criminal matters including commercial matters, matrimonial disputes, insolvent and wrongful trading, criminal defense and prosecution cases as well as confiscations under the proceeds of crime act. He trained and qualified with a predecessor firm of RSM, initially undertaking audit and assurance work for a variety of companies from small family businesses to publicly listed companies. 





 

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