Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Corporate Crime and Investigations

Partner

Susannah advises financial institutions, corporates and professional services firms in connection with anti-corruption, financial sanctions, anti-money laundering, insider dealing/market abuse and fraud issues, both contentious and non-contentious. She was appointed as one of the UK's first anti-corruption monitors for the purposes of a company's settlement with the World Bank and Serious Fraud Office.

Susannah has been ranked as Band 1 for 'Financial Crime: Corporates' by Chambers UK from 2011 to date. Legal 500 recognises her in the Hall of Fame for Corporate Crime, and Who's Who Legal as a Thought Leader for Investigations and Business Crime Defence (Corporates). She was named in Global Investigation Review's inaugural "40 under 40" list of 'the world's leading your investigations specialists' in 2014. Legal 500 2024 comments that she is: “one of the best in the area. Very knowledgeable and experienced. An original thinker and very bright indeed”.

Susannah's advice covers a spectrum of work including: technical financial crime compliance advisory work, assisting clients to develop appropriate risk-based financial crime compliance policies and procedures, advising on financial crime risk and diligence in transactional matters, conducting internal investigations for clients, and supporting clients as suspects or witnesses in external investigations. In particular, she frequently represents clients in Serious Fraud Office and Financial Conduct Authority investigations. She also represents clients in relation to regulatory and criminal mutual legal assistance and extradition matters.

Susannah is a member of the Law Society’s Money Laundering Taskforce and the City of London Law Society Corporate Crime and Corruption Committee. She is a consultant editor of the Lloyds Law Reports: Financial Crime series.

Susannah speaks and publishes widely.  She is a member of the UK Law Society's Money Laundering Taskforce, ICC UK Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption Committee and the ABA International Criminal Law Committee.  She is a consultant editor of the Lloyds Law Reports: Financial Crime series and runs the BBA's 'Newly appointed MLRO' worksho

Susannah graduated from The University of Oxford.