Criminal litigation expertise underpinning strategic advice on complex regulatory, public and cross-border legal risk

Sultana has extensive experience in complex, high-stakes criminal matters, including homicide, serious violence and large-scale conspiracies, frequently involving multi-handed proceedings, joint enterprise allegations and sophisticated evidential frameworks. These cases are typically factually and legally dense, and turn on contested issues of attribution, intention, credibility and risk assessment—skills that are directly transferable to matters involving corporate exposure and regulatory scrutiny.

Her work in this area involves intensive analysis of complex evidential material, including large volumes of digital, surveillance and communications evidence, reconstruction of events across multiple actors and locations, and the testing of narratives built on data-driven and intelligence-led material. She is regularly instructed where cases require forensic scrutiny of how evidence is gathered, interpreted and relied upon, and where early strategic decisions materially affect outcome.

Sultana is frequently instructed in cases involving organised activity, allegations of coordinated or commissioned conduct, and parallel criminal exposure, including matters arising from drugs, firearms and financial conspiracies. These cases often involve overlapping lines of responsibility, contested decision-making chains and reputational sensitivity, requiring disciplined case management and strategic clarity.

A further strand of her practice concerns expert-heavy litigation, including the evaluation and challenge of scientific, technical and medical evidence, and the handling of proceedings where credibility, hostile witnesses and competing expert opinions are central. She has acted in high-profile cases involving leading experts and complex causation issues, bringing rigorous analysis to evidential reliability and proportionality.

Alongside this work, Sultana advises and represents multinational corporations and senior legal teams on matters at the intersection of criminal law, human rights and cross-border regulatory risk. She is instructed on issues including potential or inadvertent exposure to criminal liability, compliance with international legal obligations, and the management of parallel criminal, regulatory and reputational risk across multiple jurisdictions. Her advice is particularly sought where matters involve complex factual matrices, sensitive evidence, or interaction between domestic criminal law and international standards, and where clarity, discretion and senior judgment are essential.