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Cindy McNair

Admitted as a barrister in 2025
Admitted as a legal practitioner in 2011


Cindy accepts briefs in all areas of criminal law, commercial and public law. She has significant experience in white collar criminal matters, regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, and in corporate and commercial disputes.
  
Before coming to the Bar, Cindy was a Managing Associate in the Disputes & Investigations practice at Allens, where she acted for clients in complex commercial litigation and investigations and proceedings brought by ASIC, APRA, AUSTRAC, the AFP, and the CDPP involving allegations of bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, insider trading, market manipulation and other financial misconduct.

Cindy also worked at U.S. firm Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York for nearly six years and represented multinational companies, global financial institutions and individuals in numerous regulatory and criminal actions before the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and various other U.S. regulators and law enforcement agencies, including those arising out of the FIFA World Cup corruption scandal and the Brazilian Petrobras ‘Lava Jato’ criminal prosecutions (the largest bribery and money laundering scheme uncovered in Latin America’s history).
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Cindy holds a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney.


Principal areas of practice

  • Criminal law
  • Criminal appeals
  • Corporate crime
  • Administrative and public law
  • Commissions of inquiry and inquests​​


For further details or enquiries regarding Cindy McNair’s areas of expertise, fees and terms of engagement please contact her Clerk.

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