Tulay prosecutes and defends cases across the full spectrum of criminal, civil and regulatory proceedings. The focus of her work is on financial crime, where she is quoted as being, “extremely adept at getting straight to the point” and communicating her opinions “precisely and succinctly in a down-to-earth manner”.
Tulay has expertise in criminal and civil fraud and has advised HM Revenue and Customs, the Serious Fraud Office and the Financial Conduct Authority on high-profile investigations concerning prominent individuals, banks, and financial institutions. Tulay was also instructed on a high-profile public inquiry where multiple core participants were accused of fraud by false representation.
Tulay is regularly instructed by Tier 1 law firms seeking expertise in respect of account freezing orders, unexplained wealth orders, asset forfeiture and general confiscation pursuant to POCA 2002.
Tulay has worked as a senior lawyer for the National Crime Agency where she provided strategic legal advice and was the lead litigation lawyer on multiple cases involving civil and criminal fraud, asset forfeiture, kleptocracy, bribery and corruption, sanctions, and money laundering.
Tulay also worked as a senior lawyer within the Financial Crime Department at Clyde & Co LLP and was further appointed as Vice President in the Investment Banking Department at Deutsche Bank, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, where she advised on all aspects of financial crime and reputational risk management.
R v Mohamad Yousef (2019) – Defence – Fraud by false representation
R v Conkova & Ors (2018) – Defence – Acquiring criminal property – Valued at £84,000
R v Attuh (2018) – Defence – Converting criminal property and conspiracy to transfer criminal property – Valued at £2million
R v Hashtroudi & Ors (2018) – Defence – VAT and PAYE tax fraud – Valued at £3.2 million
R v Saleh (2018) – DWP Prosecution – Alleged benefit fraud
R v Bagosera (2018) – Defence – Fraud by false representation and possession of an article for use in fraud
R v O’Dell (2018) – Prosecution – Alleged benefit fraud – Valued at £30,000
R v Ebraheem & Amaoko (2018) – Prosecution – Fraud – EE employees allegedly supplying customers’ bank details
R v O’Brien (2018) – Prosecution – POCA proceedings – Benefit fraud spanning five years – Valued at £131,000 – Written advice on related property and family law issues
R v Attuh & Uchukwu (2018) – Defence – Money laundering – POCA proceedings – Successfully opposed the Crown’s application to appoint an Enforcement Officer to seize and realise the £500,000 asset
R v George & Ors (2019) – Defence – POCA proceedings – Money laundering – Valued at £120,000
R v H (2018) – Defence – Indecent assault – Child under the age of 14 – Historic sexual offences
R v Smith (2018) – Defence – Appeal against destruction order under the Dangerous Dogs Act
R v Alvarez (2018) – Defence – Possession with intent to supply Class A drugs – Commercial scale supply
R v Loughran-Oxley (2018) – Defence – Dangerous driving
R v Lancaster (2018) – Defence – Grievous Bodily Harm
R v Toska (2018) – Prosecution – Alleged possession of identity documents with improper intent