Announcement - New member of The Lawyer Network in England

Published: Friday, April 24, 2020

We are delighted to announce that Rob Rode of 'ABR Solicitors' has joined The Lawyer Network. Rob has joined the network as our exclusive White Collar Crime member in England.

Rob is a nationally and internationally recognised specialist criminal defence solicitor. He is an acknowledged specialist fraud (white collar) and regulatory defence solicitor. He is described in one of the leading guides to the profession as “like a terrier that never stops digging”. Rob is a supervisor on the Specialist Fraud Panel set up by the Legal Aid Agency. He is a higher court advocate.

He is described in Chambers 2019 as “a very good lawyer” and a “fearsome advocate” and recognised as a leading individual in crime fraud and financial crime by the most recent Legal 500 and Chambers editions, both nationally and locally.

He represents individuals and companies in the UK and abroad facing investigation/prosecution under the Bribery Act or multijurisdictional legislation including FCPA. He has experience of dealing with prosecution authorities across a number of jurisdictions.

Rob undertakes fraud defence, regulatory defence, white collar defence involving international/cross-jurisdictional issues, defence of tax /VAT fraud, motoring and general criminal matters with (again, according to a leading independent guide) “a certain panache”.

Rob has acted as defence solicitor successfully in numerous cases defending historic and present day sexual offence allegations. He also has a particular interest in defending allegations of serious violence and murder.

He is tactically astute and will ensure that when appropriate a pro-active defence is pursued in all cases.

Rob trained at Irwin Mitchell and joined the firm in 1998 becoming a partner in 2002 and senior/managing partner in 2013. He was chairman of the Serious Fraud Association and is a member of SAHCA,POCLA,CLSA the International Criminal Bar, The American Bar Association and a member of the criminal duty solicitor defence scheme.

If you have a requirement in this area, please get in touch with Rob via the below profile.

We welcome Rob to the network and look forward to working with him on future transactions.

Announcement - New member of The Lawyer Network in England

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