Natalie Sherborn

Partner | London

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Natalie is a partner in the white collar defence and investigations team with a wealth of experience dealing with all aspects of financial crime and other serious conduct issues.

Been in independent practice at the Criminal Bar prior to entering private practice, Natalie is well placed to advise throughout the lifespan of a matter from pre-investigation to prosecution. Natalie brings deep experience of crisis management, devising reputational defence strategies that minimise exposure and potential risks, both pre-emptively and responsively, enabling her to counsel clients in respect of the substantive issues, whilst seeking to mitigate reputation threats.

Natalie advises both corporations and individuals facing scrutiny by regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies as prosecutors increasingly place corporates, business owners and executives in the cross hairs. She regularly leads complex global corporate investigations and advises on reporting issues that arise for listed and privately held companies.

An experienced trial lawyer, having internal investigations into criminal and regulatory breaches, advising on external investigations by law enforcement agencies and regulators including the NCA, SFO, NATIS, HMRC, FCA, PRA, DOJ and SEC. She currently represents a number of corporates granted interested party status in coroner's inquests.

In addition to her thriving practice in cross-border investigations and financial crime, Natalie regularly secures instructions to represent high net worth individuals facing allegations of serious non-financial misconduct. Her clients include high-profile celebrities, politicians, sports personalities and successful business owners.

Co-counsel have described Natalie as "really impressive", “experienced in sensitive work" and “an expert at avoiding risks to the client".

Natalie has been recognised for her expertise in leading global legal directories for over 15 years. She is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500, in the Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates), Fraud: White-Collar Crime (Advice to Individuals); Art and Educations: Schools categories and in Chambers HNW's Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals category as well as Chambers UK's Corporate Crime and Investigations category where she has been recommended as "a go-to choice for corporates facing domestic and cross-border matters, including investigations arising from alleged fraud, corruption and false accounting". Having been featured in Who's Who Legal's Investigation Guide consistently for many years, Natalie has been most recently recognised as one of the world's leading practitioners in the Global Investigation Review's 2025 Women in Investigations Top 100 list.

In 2017, Natalie featured as a rising star in The Lawyer's Hot 100, an annual report recognising “the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers from in-house, private practice and the Bar”.