Caroline Black
Caroline is a recognised leader in business crime and corporate investigations. She has been acting as trusted advisor to companies and individuals involved in some of the world’s largest and most complex cases during her career spanning two decades.
Caroline regularly works with clients facing investigation and prosecution for financial crime, including internal corporate investigations and those conducted by enforcement agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), National Crime Agency, HM Revenue and Customs and the police (and their overseas equivalents). Caroline is equally familiar with acting on raids and providing strategic counsel on international matters, offering her clients a seamless service together with hand-picked specialists from across the globe.
Languages spoken: English.- Chambers UK ranked Caroline as a leading white collar crime practitioner, commending “her ability to understand what is important in the bigger picture” and stating that “she has a very strategic and intuitive way of addressing and negotiating complex issues” (2020-2022).
- The Legal 500 UK listed Caroline in (2020-2022) as a Leading Individual for regulatory investigations and corporate crime, with clients commenting that she is “very pragmatic and efficient… very capable, engaged, hard-working and widely respected” and “mentally sharp, tactically astute, totally attuned to the client’s needs and fights her corner with great tenacity”. She was described as “a star defence litigator who will… be an even more dominant figure in the area in the future” (2020-2022) and as having “the ability to keep cool in complex and stressful situations” (The Legal 500 UK 2019).
- Who’s Who Legal/Lexology listed Caroline as a Future Leader for Investigations (2019-2021), with clients stating that she is “impressive in her clear-thinking approach to solving important issues”, and standing out for her “resilience, pragmatism and professionalism” in anti-corruption investigations.
- Most Important Development of the Year at the Global Investigations Review (GIR) Awards.
- White Collar Practice Group of the Year by Law360.
- International Litigation and Disputes Team of the Year at the British Legal Awards.
- Conduct, Enforcement or Business Crime Team of the Year by The Lawyer.
- Investigation Team of the Year at the C5 Women in Compliance Awards.
- Best Provider Collaboration by American Lawyer.
- Finalist for Most Impressive Investigations Practice of the Year at the GIR Awards (2020).
Caroline is a regularly publishes thought leadership pieces on topics relevant to financial and corporate crime. Recent publications include:
- Accounting International: “The UK Sanctions Regime: is it fit for purpose?”
- Caroline was a previous author of the GIR Practitioners Guide to Global Investigations, and editor of the Legal 500 Comparative Guide to White Collar Crime.
"Caroline is a seriously smart and effective litigator. She has an astute tactical brain, remains calm under pressure and is highly adept at managing large teams of lawyers in the most complex, high-value and high-profile white-collar cases. She is a skilled negotiator and a powerful advocate for her clients, with an exceptional ability to identify and present key arguments focused on securing the most favourable outcome in every case."