Brachers

Collections and Recoveries

Partner (Collections and Recoveries)

Robert Thompson (FCICM) is a Partner in Brachers' Collections and Recoveries team and oversees the performance of the team providing advice and guidance internally within the team, as well as directly to clients.

He has more than 30 years’ experience and has worked his way up since joining Brachers in 1991. He joined the management team in 2007 and became a Partner in 2015.

Rob was included in the Credit 500 index for 2021/22 as one of the 500 most influential people within the UK credit industry.

The Collections and Recoveries team recently won ‘Legal Firm of the Year’ at the Credit & Collections Industry Awards 2024 and were also finalists for the ‘Consumer Collections Team of the Year’. The team were also finalists for the ‘Vulnerable Customer Identification & Screening Solution’ and ‘Compliance & Regulatory Technology Solution’ categories at the Credit & Collections Technology Awards 2024.

In 2020, Rob was elected as the chair of the Civil Court Users Association (CCUA), after carrying out the role of Vice Chair over the previous five years. As part of his duties, he meets with officials from HM Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunals Service, representing the interests of court users.

Rob is also Chair of the Creditor Recoveries Liaison Committee which brings together all of the main representative bodies within the creditor sector and meets whenever there are major industry developments to discuss.