Danny McShee

Danny leads our UK crime and regulatory team, and is based in our London office. He also sits on the firm’s Governance Group, responsible for robust decision-making across Kennedys leadership.

An industry go-to name for organisations involved in regulatory investigations, inquests and public inquiries, Danny qualified in England and Wales in 1997 after joining Kennedys in 1995. He is a specialist in regulatory defence work, particularly health, safety and environment (HSE) investigations and prosecutions together with numerous ancillary inquests and public inquiries for all industries. Known as a “commercially astute leader providing a very strong level of service”, Danny is regularly sought out by corporate clients directly to deal with their crisis management and investigations following major incidents.

Over the last 20 years, Danny has been involved in some of the UK’s most high-profile health and safety matters. With a long history of managing work at a senior level, Danny has been specifically selected due to his market standing to act for numerous companies and directors in high-profile and sensitive prosecutions and inquests involving fatalities and serious injuries.

Together with a number of like-minded specialist HSE lawyers, he established the Health and Safety Lawyers Association (HSLA) and sat as a committee member for seven years. The HSLA is now a highly successful and influential national organisation aimed at promoting and developing health and safety law with a specific focus on promoting the expertise of its members in dealing with health and safety law.

A keen educator, Danny frequently delivers training to clients and regularly writes for the Kennedys Health and Safety bulletin. His excellence in the field has earned him a spot in The Legal 500 UK’s recent ‘Hall of Fame’ for health and safety. Danny has also been recognised for the last 15 years as a notable practitioner (Band 1) and recommended lawyer in the United Kingdom by Chambers and The Legal 500.

The Kennedys Crime and Regulatory team has been a leader in regulatory investigations for over 30 years, handling high-profile cases and conducting hundreds of inquests annually, from single-day hearings to the most complex, weeks-long proceedings. Described as a “league above its rivals”, the team comprises 30 specialists nationwide who provide support from the moment an incident occurs, continuing all the way through the investigatory and prosecution process, which can often take many years.

Qualifications 

• Qualified in England and Wales in 1997
• MA in Health and Safety Law and Environmental Law in 2001