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Rob has been a partner in the firm’s financial services and products team since January 2023. He has over 15 years’ experience working on regulatory matters relating to banks (wholesale and retail), investment banks, insurers, asset managers and working with insurance and consumer credit brokers (including in the motor industry). Rob spent nearly ten years working as a lawyer in the PRA and its predecessor Regulators. Prior to joining the PRA, he led the legal team that set up the FCA and the PRA, playing a key role in creating the UK’s regulatory architecture, and working with executives from the FCA and the PRA to determine the overall approach to exercising the Regulators’ functions. He joined the PRA in 2013 as its first Head of Enforcement and was a member of its Supervision Risk and Policy Committee.

Rob helps clients across the industry respond to significant issues arising in their businesses, including conducting internal investigations and reviews, managing relationships with regulators and representing firms and individuals dealing with regulatory investigations. He is routinely called upon to advise clients on the extent to which their governance and compliance arrangements reflect regulatory expectations and industry best practice.

B.Sc (Hons) Law and French, University of Surrey LL.M, King’s College, London