Sona Ganatra
UK Guide 2025
Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (Individuals) + 1 more ranking
Band 3
Band 4
About
Provided by Sona Ganatra
Practice Areas
Corporate investigations
FCA, SFO and FRC investigations
Financial services regulation
FinTech
Personal
Sona is a partner in Fox Williams' financial services team, specialising in FCA and SFO investigations and corporate internal investigations.
Sona has extensive experience in advising corporates and senior executives on a broad range of financial services regulatory issues, particularly on matters involving money laundering; fraud; bribery and corruption; financial misstatements; market misconduct; systems and controls failures; and the change in control regime.
She regularly represents clients involved in FCA, SFO, FRC investigations and has experience of cross border investigations involving regulatory bodies and prosecuting authorities based in the US.
Sona is recognised for leading internal corporate investigations both in the UK and across a number of jurisdictions. She specialises in internal investigations concerning allegations of bribery and corruption; fraud; and market misconduct. Sona has been instructed in relation to a number of high profile corporate investigations by large multinational organisations across the financial services sector. Her instructions regularly require liaising with a number of stakeholders including regulators, law enforcement authorities and Government bodies and committees.
She has a particular interest and expertise in advising clients based in the fintech / reg tech sector who are facing particularly complex challenges in the current regulatory climate.
Sona leads our firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Initiative.
Chambers Review
UK
Sona Ganatra represents individuals in contentious financial services matters, regularly guiding clients through FCA and SFO investigations. She also has expertise when advising clients on financial crime issues in a regulatory context.
Sona Ganatra is co-head of Fox Williams' financial services department, where she leads the investigations practice. She is recognised for her experience advising senior executives and directors on allegations of fraud, money laundering and professional misconduct.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sona is a very good lawyer, and has established expertise in financial services."
"Sona has outstanding client-handling skills. She is unflappable and persuasive."
"Sona has outstanding client-handling skills and acts for a lot of senior executives. She is unflappable and persuasive."
"Sona is technically strong and has demonstrated a high level of empathy for her clients."
"She is very knowledgeable and all over the details."
"Sona is a very good lawyer, and has established expertise in financial services."
"Sona has outstanding client-handling skills. She is unflappable and persuasive."
"Sona has outstanding client-handling skills and acts for a lot of senior executives. She is unflappable and persuasive."
"Sona is technically strong and has demonstrated a high level of empathy for her clients."
"She is very knowledgeable and all over the details."