Jessica Barnes

Jessica is responsible for the law firm relationships across the global Risk Advisory business where she helps clients from the legal sector identify and retain experts and consultants when they are facing rapidly evolving litigation, arbitration and regulatory risk landscapes.

In this role, Jessica works closely with the senior leadership team and internal stakeholders to drive the Risk Advisory Practice’s go-to-market strategy and ultimately consolidate and grow the key relationships within the law channel.

Jessica has a proven track record in originating and securing large scale engagements that require multidisciplinary expert and consultancy teams. The Risk Advisory portfolio includes expert witness, cybersecurity and data analytics, regulatory compliance, complex investigations, enterprise security risk management, restructuring, complex business services and related GRC technologies.

Prior to joining Kroll, Jessica served as a barristers’ clerk at One Essex Court, a pre-eminent commercial disputes and arbitration chambers in London, for eight years. While at One Essex Court, Jessica was responsible for developing the practices of a wide range of successful commercial disputes advocates.