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Hugo Plowman
Work Department
Dispute Resolution - Fraud
Position
Hugo is a Partner and Chair of the Dispute Resolution department. He sits on the Firm’s Management Board and maintains an active caseload in our market-leading Civil Fraud group.
Hugo is in his 20th year at the Firm and is a leading commercial litigator specialising in the field of complex fraud, asset-tracing and investigations, theft of confidential information and all forms of corporate dishonesty. His client base includes some of the world’s most successful public companies, private equity investors, business owners and HNW individuals.
Hugo has played a pioneering role in building the Firm’s cyber security and investigations offering, ensuring that the Firm is enabled to advise in a globalised and accelerating online world. This has resulted in the creation of MDR Group business MDR Cyber. Hugo continues to develop strategies for combatting cyber-crime in a range of sectors, for example assisting insurers with innovative incident response and asset recovery techniques. Hugo also participated in the Firm’s joint public-private sector initiatives to help combat fraud and corruption and deliver justice.
Hugo is recognised as a leading practitioner in the legal directories for top-ranked lawyers. He was shortlisted for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers: Innovative Practitioner award in recent years.
Career
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya
Qualified, Mishcon de Reya
Trainee Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya
Memberships
International Fraud Group (IFG); Fraud Lawyers Association; London Solicitors Litigation Association
Education
The University of Birmingham (BA (Hons) French and Spanish)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
Mishcon de Reya LLP
is ‘a market-leading firm in fraud and asset recovery, particularly in cross-border matters‘. The practice’s strengths lie in a frequent flow of instructions to do with applications for injunctions, anti-suit relief, and jurisdiction challenges across a myriad of jurisdictions, and it is ‘also particularly strong in crypto fraud disputes‘. Kasra Nouroozi is a ‘sharp tactitican’ while Hugo Plowman, who has been praised as ‘one of the most intelligent litigators in London‘, heads the litigation team. The ‘exceptional fraud and asset recovery practitioner‘ Robert Wynn Jones serves as head of the fraud team since April 2023, and is noted for his work regarding freezing orders. The practice further includes the ‘highly experienced‘ Gary Miller
, as well as Rhymal Persad and Rebecca Belgrave, who have ‘specialist knowledge of crypto fraud disputes‘.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Court of protection