Mr Robert Hunt > Herbert Smith Freehills LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
EXCHANGE HOUSE
PRIMROSE STREET
LONDON
EC2A 2EG
England

Living Wage

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Work Department

Corporate Crime and Investigations

Position

Partner

Career

Rob has substantial experience advising on complex cross-border investigations and other contentious matters.

Rob has extensive experience of leading white collar investigations across the world.  Now based in London, Rob spent over 10 years in Asia where he helped to build the firm’s market leading corporate crime and investigations practice.  Acting for high profile clients across a number of sectors, Rob has led investigations in relation to bribery and corruption, fraud, customs and tax issues, money laundering and other matters.  He has conducted investigations and dealt with law enforcement and regulators in numerous countries including Hong Kong, the PRC, India, Singapore and Thailand and Indonesia. He has also led complex multi-jurisdiction compliance projects.

More recently Rob spent over two years on secondment at the Serious Fraud Office where he worked on a number of complex fraud and corruption investigations.  He has experience of concluding deferred prosecution agreements and was part of the SFO team that drafted the office’s guidance for corporates on DPAs.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)

Susannah Cogman leads the practice at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, which draws on the firm’s strength in corporate crime instructions to advise senior executives and HNWIs on police and HMRC investigations into criminal tax fraud. Also in the core team are Brian Spiro and Kate Meakin; Spiro specialises in multijurisdictional investigations, compliance, and regulatory matters, while Meakin represents clients before the SFO, FCA, HMRC, and the US DoJ. Robert Hunt, highly experienced in cross-border investigations, is also recommended.