Crowell & Moring LLP
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Robert Weekes
- Phone+44.20.7413.1320
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Work Department
International Dispute Resolution; Investigations; Litigation & Trial; Financial Services
Position
Partner
Career
Robert Weekes is a highly experienced partner in the Global Litigation Practice and is a key member of the Financial Services Practice; he also serves as the managing partner of the firm's London office and is a member of the firm’s Management Board. Clients retain Robert to provide advice on a wide range of financial litigation, investigations, and international dispute matters. He has particular experience in Financial Services and often acts for banks, ABL’s, Funds, and Insurers together with other financial institutions, multinational and U.K.-based entities, and individuals. He is instructed on a wide range of complex commercial disputes, including fraud investigations and asset tracing and recovery. He frequently handles banking and investment disputes, fraud and asset recovery litigation, guarantee and indemnity claims, and advises insurance companies on complex disputed claims.
Robert has considerable experience in advising overseas companies facing contentious/litigation issues in the U.K. courts providing guidance on the rules of disclosure and evidence in the U.K. He works with leading specialists ranging from the best Queen’s Counsel to the experts that are required to undertake forensic digital investigations.
Robert has recently completed a ten-day High Court trial for a large U.S. corporate company involved in a commercial dispute in London. The case went to the heart of the company's viability and was simply a “must win” case for the client.
Robert has also been advising an offshore company in relation to a highly complex dispute with a sovereign state requiring a complex asset tracing exercise that has led to a significant recovery for the client.
As a frequent lecturer, Robert talks on issues such as fraud prevention, asset recovery, litigation strategy, and dealings with regulators. He has appeared on ITV News at Ten commenting on commercial fraud.
Education
College of Law, Guildford, B.Sc. (1985)