Laura leads DLA Piper’s Corporate Crime, Investigations & Compliance practice in the UK. With nearly two decades of experience in handling complex and multi-jurisdictional investigations, Laura advises clients on serious misconduct issues across the areas of bribery, money laundering, fraud, facilitation of tax evasion, human rights and others. She represents clients in matters concerning key regulatory and enforcement bodies including the Serious Fraud Office, HMRC, and the Financial Conduct Authority.
Laura also provides strategic counsel to clients in the design and implementation of their global compliance programmes - from risk assessment to policy development and training - and conducts due diligence and investigations in the context of corporate transactional activity. She has extensive experience in conducting investigations and compliance mandates across a range of sectors, including consumer goods, energy, life sciences, defence, logistics, retail, gambling, property and others.
Laura is Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer for DLA Piper in the UK. She was recognised as a leading investigations lawyer in Global Investigations Review’s “100 remarkable women in investigations” list for 2021 and as a “Future Leader” in the 2025 edition of Who’s Who Legal: Investigations.
