The U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is considering whether to formally investigate Dechert partner Neil Gerrard over claims he committed “serious wrongs” during a fraud investigation he was leading in the Middle East several years ago.

Dechert co-head of white collar and securities investigations practice Gerrard, is named in an SRA report form sent to the regulator by Jordanian detainee Karam Al Sadeq and seen by Legal Week, the U.K. arm of Law.com International.