Henrietta Ronson
Partner
Crime & Regulatory
+44 20 3206 2728
Email Henrietta
henrietta.ronson@smb.london
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Henrietta is a Partner in the Crime and Regulatory Department. She deals with a varied portfolio of high-profile and private client cases across the full range of criminal law, including fraud, corruption, crime and disciplinary matters. She represents people from the point of their initial arrest and detention in the police station, airport or when being questioned by the SFO, FCA, HMRC and other investigatory authorities, frequently during anti-social hours.
Henrietta represented a City client during a rigorous interview process involving the DOJ, FBI and IRS at the London office of a prominent US law firm.
She has been heavily involved in the representation of high net worth individuals, Premier League footballers, head teachers, musicians, and politicians on various charges including sexual offences. She is proficient in crisis management and media handling in sensitive cases, working closely with specialists in PR and reputation management. She also has experience in media-related criminal law, having dealt with a number of celebrated media personalities and been involved in the phone-hacking cases.
Henrietta is respected for her confident and assured manner with clients and incisive analysis of evidence. She is recommended by the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories, recently ranked as an ‘Associate to Watch’ in Chambers & Partners 2021 and mentioned as a ‘Rising Star’ by Legal 500 2022.
Testimonials
“She has fantastic attention to detail.” Chambers and Partners, 2022
“Her communication is always prompt and she has an uncanny ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly.” Chambers and Partners, 2022
“Henrietta is superb – she has an eye for detail and can drill down into issues.” Chambers and Partners, 2021
“She has a very high attention to detail and her communication is consistently responsive and clear.” Chambers and Partners, 2021
“Phil Smith and Henrietta Ronson in the white-collar team are first-rate. I have known them for over seven years and think that they are absolutely excellent.” Legal 500, 2022
“Henrietta… is very hardworking, gets the point very quickly and is well liked by clients.” Legal 500, 2022
“Henrietta Ronson’s communication is outstanding. She remains level-headed, even in the most extreme crisis situations, which inspires absolute trust in her clients.” Legal 500, 2022
“Henrietta Ronson was both professional and also very friendly in her manner. It put me at ease during a very difficult time.” Legal 500, 2022
“Henrietta Ronson – during the most dreadful time of my life, she was on hand, at any time. She is super bright, yet approachable. The combination of her legal brain and an ability to see the human aspect in my case inspired a lot of confidence. She brings clarity and empathy to an emotionless arena.” Legal 500, 2022
“Henrietta Ronson is thoughtful and persuasive with a track record that is as impressive as it is lengthy.” Legal 500, 2021
“She is clearly a unique talent.” Legal 500, 2021
“Hard-working and with a quick grasp of detail she is unshakeable as she represents a wide variety of clients with incisive determination.” Legal 500, 2021
“A rising star in the specialist area of HNW crime.” The Spears’ 500, 2020
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‘Henrietta Ronson, is intelligent, hard-working, and cool under fire. She is at ease dealing with all clients and is a highly valued member of the team. I have no doubt that she will be made a partner soon, which she absolutely deserves.’
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‘Henrietta Ronson was the standout individual on the team. My experience working with her is second to none. She exhibits unparalleled domain expertise and always maintains a very high attention to detail, which was decisive at critical points in the work. Her communication was always prompt and she has an uncanny ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly and in laymans terms.’
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‘Henrietta Ronson – She was just amazing – fiercely smart and fiercely kind. I couldn’t have got through the case without her diligent preparation and support. Phil Smith – excellent strategist and strong judgement.’
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‘Henrietta Ronson leaves no stone unturned in her conduct on every case. Resourceful, resilient and able she is not to be messed with and provides remarkable support to counsel and the lay client alike. She is a future star.’
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“I have found Henrietta to be extremely bright yet approachable. She inspired confidence in me from the first meeting and during the most dreadful time of my life was on hand at any time.”
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“She is a brilliant and hard-working lawyer who is super smart.”
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“Henrietta combines expertise and strength of character with humanity and compassion.”
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Chambers and Partners, 2022“My experience working with her is second to none. She exhibits unparalleled domain expertise and always maintains a very high attention to detail which is decisive at critical points in the work.”
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Chambers and Partners, 2023“Henrietta is a brilliant and fierce lawyer who inspires total trust.”
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Chambers and Partners, 2023“She was the driving force behind the matter and never let anything fall through the cracks.”
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Chambers and Partners, 2022“She is unshakeable in her representation of clients.”
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Legal 500, 2023“Henrietta Ronson was the standout individual on the team. My experience working with her is second to none.”
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Legal 500, 2023“The amount of research and attention to detail by partner Phil Smith and associate Henrietta Ronson was something I haven’t seen anywhere else.”
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Legal 500, 2023“Phil Smith and Henrietta Ronson have instilled dynamism into an already established high-end practice.”
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Legal 500, 2022“Henrietta Ronson is an extremely able and clever solicitor.”
News featuring Henrietta
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4th April 2023 Crime & Regulatory
Phil Smith and Henrietta Ronson successfully act for millionaire tech investor cleared of sexual assault
The case attracted widespread publicity in the press due to the high profile of our client.
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18th February 2022 Crime & Regulatory
Crime team client Professor Christopher Hennessy cleared of assault
In the Crown Court at Aldersgate House, Central London, yesterday our client Christopher Hennessy was cleared of assault occasioning Actual Bodily Harm.
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28th July 2021 Crime & Regulatory
SMB’s crime team secures acquittal of baseball umpire in ‘worrying’ case
SMB’s crime team, led by Partner Phil Smith and assisted by Senior Associate Henrietta Ronson and Paralegal Mark Soames, have secured a not guilty verdict at Wood Green Crown Court in a high-stakes case involving a highly-regarded baseball umpire.
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