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Mr Robert Hunt

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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Health and safety
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital