Joanna Ludlam
Partner and Co-Chair Global Investigations, Compliance & Ethics,
Baker McKenzie
Joanna is a co-chair of the Firm's Global Investigations Compliance and Ethics Group and a Partner in the Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. Joanna leads the market-leading Regulatory, Public & Media law team in the London office.
Joanna advises clients in the areas of corporate investigations, administrative and public law, procurement law and litigation. She has particular expertise in the healthcare, technology and energy, mining and infrastructure sectors. Jo handles all kinds of high court litigation as well as investigations, including into issues of bribery, corruption and fraud. She advises clients, frequently at board-level, on regulatory compliance and crisis and reputation management.
Joanna focuses on bringing practical solutions to client issues, and designed the firm's innovative Investigations Academy, a comprehensive and state-of-the-art training programme for investigations practitioners within both our team and our clients'. She is also a member of the leadership team for BakerWomen, a key Baker McKenzie D&I focus group.
Joanna co-authored the firm's Connected Compliance thought leadership, which includes the world's first global compliance integration benchmarking tool.
Joanna was the winner of the “Compliance Innovator of the Year for Connected Compliance” at the Women in Compliance Awards and the “Admin & Public UK Lawyer of the year” by ACQ5 in 2019. She was one of GIR's "Top 100 Women in Compliance” in 2018 and “Role Model in the HERoes Women Role Model Lists” in 2019. In 2016, Joanna made The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” and is consistently recognized by Chambers and Legal 500.
Joanna designed the Firm’s innovative Investigations Academy, a comprehensive, state-of-the-art training programme for investigations practitioners within the Firm’s team and clients. She is also a member of the leadership team for BakerWomen, a key Baker McKenzie D&I focus group.