Zeena Saleh

Zeena Saleh is a Partner in Dentons' Global Compliance & Investigations practice, based in London, advising financial institutions, regulators, listed companies and senior executives on contentious regulatory and criminal enforcement matters.

She has extensive experience handling investigations and enforcement actions brought by the Prudential Regulation Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Serious Fraud Office and HMRC, including matters involving alleged regulatory breaches, market abuse, insider dealing, fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption, and non-financial misconduct. She conducts internal investigations with an international focus and advises clients through crises, often supporting the enhancement of compliance controls. Her recent work includes advising on cyber-security incidents, FCA financial promotions crackdowns, bribery investigations for a consortium involved in an LNG-to-Power project, and successfully challenging the FCA on voluntary requirements.

Zeena holds a B.A. in Anthropology and American Studies from the University of Birmingham (2007), a Graduate Diploma in Law from The College of Law (2009), and completed the Legal Practice Course at The College of Law (2010). She was admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2012.

She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Financial Services Lawyers Association and has been recognised as a Legal 500 Rising Star in Financial Services: Contentious, hailed as a "star asset for any team".