Mishcon de Reya LLP

Dispute Resolution - Fraud

Robert is Head of Mishcon's Fraud Group and specialises in civil fraud, asset tracing and injunctive work. He has acted for both claimants and defendants, obtaining and opposing multiple Search Orders, Asset Freezing Orders and Disclosure Orders in large cross-jurisdictional commercial disputes.

In recent years, Robert has worked on numerous very substantial non-performing loan matters for some of the world’s preeminent financial institutions. He heads the firm's NPL Group. These matters involve claims in the tens of millions, hundreds of millions and billions of pounds and require complex multi-jurisdictional investigations.

Robert is co-head of Mishcon’s Investigations Group. Robert is also part of the MDR Solutions I team, a litigation finance venture offering greater access to funding for claimants.

Robert has also been instructed on several substantial fraud matters involving Cryptocurrency and has been at the forefront in utilising the asset tracing and injunctive toolkit in the crypto context and is a key member of the Mishcon Crypto Fraud Team.

Robert has also been involved in a substantial number of data theft and recovery cases using these civil fraud injunctive procedures. Such cases often involve allegations of breaches of restrictive covenants.

Robert also has a large general commercial litigation practice and significant experience in professional negligence matters, breach of contract disputes and directors and minority shareholder disputes. In addition, Robert has also obtained several anti-harassment injunctions. Robert has written articles concerning various matters including data theft and Search Orders, Asset Freezing Orders and Delivery-Up Orders in property, recruitment and other industry publications.

Robert routinely uses litigation funding on his matters.

Robert is a member of The International Fraud Group.

Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP; Associate, Mishcon de Reya; Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya; Solicitor, The Khan Partnership; Solicitor, Middletons (Sydney); Qualified Solicitor in New South Wales, Australia

International Fraud Group; Fraud Lawyers Association; London Solicitors Litigation Association