Fountain Court Chambers

Robin specialises in cases involving financial and economic misconduct, appearing in high-stakes litigation before UK and EU courts, offshore tribunals, and financial regulatory bodies.

In the area of commercial crime, Robin is currently acting for a high-net-worth individual in a challenge to the legality of an offshore investigation into multi-billion-pound money laundering allegations.  Other recent work includes challenging corporate account freezing orders and advising a leading university on export control risks in joint research programmes with foreign universities.

Robin frequently appears in cases where commercial interests are threatened by criminal or quasi-criminal conduct, recently appearing as lead advocate on behalf of a major financial services company bringing claims of harassment, breach of confidence, and contempt of court.  With his perspective from criminal and regulatory practice, Robin is increasingly sought after in commercial fraud cases, currently appearing in complex and high-value cases both in the commercial court and offshore.

With longstanding experience in sanctions litigation and advice, Robin’s sanctions-related practice spans the full range from designation challenges, via transactional advisory, to representation in enforcement actions.  As a French lawyer, Robin also advises on EU sanctions and appears in designation challenges before the EU judiciary.

In the financial regulatory field, Robin’s recent experience includes instructions in three of the latest FCA enforcement actions against banks for failures in their AML compliance systems and control, including appearing before the FCA’s RDC.  In offshore enforcement actions Robin takes instructions both for the defence and the regulators.  He is also known as a pragmatic and efficient adviser on the scope and application of financial regulations.

2009 Call, Lincoln’s Inn

2017 Sworn, Paris bar

French (fluent), Italian (fluent), Swedish (fluent), Spanish (passive), German (basic).

Fraud Lawyers Association

European Criminal Bar Association

University of Cambridge, MA (Law) (first class) (2004); Université Pantéon-Assas Paris II, maîtrise en droit (mention) (2004), European University Institute, PhD (2008); College of Law, BVC (2009).