Natalie Sherborn > Withers LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
England
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Natalie Sherborn
Position
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.
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. Natalie also has significant experience dealing with financial crime involving cryptocurrency and digital assets.
She is an experienced trial lawyer, having been in independent practice at the Criminal Bar prior to entering private practice, and 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. This can include crisis such as cyber-breaches.
Recent instructions received include leading internal investigations into criminal and regulatory breaches, advising on external investigations by law enforcement agencies and regulators including the NCA, SFO, NATIS, HMRC, FCA, DOJ and SEC. She represents a number of corporates granted interested party status in coroner’s inquests.
Co-counsel have described Natalie as “really impressive“, “experienced in sensitive work” and “an expert at avoiding risks to the client“.
Natalie has been consistently recognised in the leading legal directories. She is a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500, in the Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime, Fraud (Advice to Individuals), Contentious Financial Services and Art categories and in Chambers UK Financial Crime: Corporates where she has been noted for her “significant knowledge of cross-border investigations and managing global investigations“. Natalie has been most recently recognised as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the Who’s Who Legal: Investigations 2023 guide.
In 2017, Natalie featured as a rising star in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2017, an annual report recognising “the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers from in-house, private practice and the Bar”, where she was one of only six non-partners in private practice included in the index. Natalie appears in the Citywealth “Leaders List” as well as winning the “Reputation Lawyer of the Year” award in 2016.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Education: schools
Embedded in the firm’s charity department led by Chris Priestley 
, Withers LLP‘s education practice provides charity law and crisis management advice to educational trusts, charities, and foundations on various strategic and governance matters. The education group, which is led by charity law expert Philip Reed, covers contentious employment and student issues and acts in school disciplinary proceedings and investigations. Natalie Sherborn advises schools on highly sensitive internal investigations. Alison Paines and Emma Flower, who regularly act for independent schools are key members.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
The dedicated practice at Withers LLP adeptly advises high-net-worth individuals, politicians, and private clients on cross-border financial crime matters, with notable emphasis on compliance issues, sanctions and trade control issues, and money laundering regulations. Carl Newman and Harvey Knight jointly lead the team; Newman is a seasoned white-collar specialist with a focus on representing ultra-high-net-worth individuals facing allegations of financial crime and misconduct, while Knight takes point on FCA enforcement cases and financial services regulatory work. Other key figures include litigator Natalie Sherborn, who acts for directors and politicians across all stages of criminal prosecutions.
London > Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Carl Newman and Natalie Sherborn jointly oversee the white-collar defence and investigations practice at Withers LLP. Newman acts for both individual and corporate clients, handling FCA, PRA, SFO, and HMRC investigations, while Sherborn is the name to note for cross-border and multi-agency investigations. The duo works alongside financial services regulatory expert Harvey Knight.
Lawyer Rankings
- Education: schools London > Public sector
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates) London > Risk advisory
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)