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Ms Susanne Harris
Work Department
Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
Position
Susanne Harris is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Mayer Brown’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Susanne is experienced in commercial disputes and investigations, with a focus on cross-border, financial regulatory and compliance investigations. She has conducted internal investigations for financial institutions and advised on a range of legal, regulatory and reputational issues for banks from cross-border data sharing to financial crime risks including money laundering and sanctions. Susanne has deep institutional knowledge as a result of her fulfillment of a regional in-house role at a global financial institution. In that role, Susanne advised on issues arising from investigations conducted in multiple jurisdictions in Asia by the bank’s independent corporate compliance monitor appointed pursuant to a deferred prosecution and related agreements.
As a litigator, Susanne has advised on disputes including banking, tax, directors’ duties and insolvency related matters. She has worked for clients from a variety of industry sectors including finance, property, professional services, transportation and retail.
Susanne’s experience is recognised by Legal 500 Asia Pacific. She is recommended for cross-border financial services sector investigations (2018) and clients have praised her for being ‘very thorough’ and ‘responsive’ (2014). In 2018, Susanne was awarded “Government Enforcement/Investigations Lawyer of the Year” by the Asia Legal Awards.
Susanne is an accredited mediator and a founding committee member of the Firm’s “In the Know”, a forum for professional women.
Career
Admitted in High Court of Australia, Australia – South Australia, Australia – Victoria and Hong Kong.
Languages
English.
Education
The University of Adelaide, LLB, with Honours; The University of Adelaide, BA.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Asset finance (including aviation and shipping finance)
- Construction
- Insurance
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition
- Banking and finance
- Data protection and cyber security
- Intellectual property
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT
- Capital markets (debt)
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Dispute resolution: litigation
- Structured finance and securitisation
- Investment funds
- Regulatory
- Regulatory: anti-corruption and compliance
- Capital markets (equity)