Brown Rudnick LLP

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Partner

Sarah Gogan is one of the leading private client lawyers for high-net-worth individuals with multifaceted legal issues. She is considered an industry leader and the ‘go to lawyer’ in cases involving political persecution and regularly acts in cases that are complex, multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary. This includes for individuals who are facing international criminal proceedings, extradition proceedings, Interpol notices, sanctions, travel bans, mutual assistance requests and asset seizure. Sarah also has over 23 years’ experience in a broad spectrum of UK personal immigration law, nationality, asylum, and human rights.

Sarah’s clients include politically prominent figures, including former Heads of State and Heads of Government. She advises clients worldwide, including international families, family offices, household names, stars recognised in the global entertainment industry, members of Royal Families, entrepreneurs, and businesspeople. Sarah’s clients are often front-page news, garnering global attention and she is known for her bespoke, integrated approach and discretion.

Sarah has acted in high profile litigation in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, in Judicial Review applications, in the Hight Court and Court of Appeal and in applications to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. She has a reputation for tenacity based on imaginative strategic thinking, meticulous preparation, and the determination to excel for clients. She offers unrivalled expertise, experience, and an unparalleled level of defence to individuals facing abusive and unmeritorious proceedings and has acted in some of the leading cases in this field.

She has vast experience in helping clients find innovative legal solutions and has a deep understanding of domestic law, UK nationality law, public law, public international law, European and international human rights and refugee law, including asylum appeals, deprivation of leave, exclusion orders, travel bans and petitions to the United Nations (UN) including the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and other international institutions, international courts and tribunals.

Sarah’s experience has touched on a wide range of jurisdictions, including: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, St Kitts, the Bahamas, France, Greece, Cyprus, Monaco, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, UAE, Canada and the US to name but a few.

With over 23 years of legal practice experience, Sarah is regarded as a trusted advisor to many international clients and their families. Client’s value her ability to cut through complexity and focus on solving their legal and quasi legal problems. She provides clients with a co-ordinated and holistic service and is regarded as a dependent homme d ’affairs who can fight her clients’ corner in crucial aspects of their business and personal life. This can entail an inter-disciplinary approach from assisting on relocating to the UK or elsewhere in the world, crisis and reputation management, political advocacy, and public affairs.

Sarah is highly ranked in all the leading independent legal directories and has been quoted or interviewed by large media publications including The Sunday Times, The Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian, BBC’s Newsnight, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, The Washington Post and the New York Times to name a few.

England and Wales