Ross Dixon > Hickman & Rose > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Hickman & Rose Offices
Pennybank
33-35 ST Johns Square
LONDON
EC1M 4DS
England
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Ross Dixon
Work Department
Partner. Business Crime.
Position
Career
Trained Simons Muirhead and Burton. Qualified 1991. Joined Hickman & Rose in 1995 and became a partner in 1998. Currently Chair of Partners.
Memberships
Ross is Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association Crime Committee, a member of The Fraud Lawyers Association committee, and has served on the Law Society’s Money Laundering Task Force since 2012.
Education
Ponteland Community High School, Northumberland; University of Leeds (1987 LLB); College of Law (1988 LSF).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
Hickman & Rose is best known for its representation of company directors and senior executives facing serious fallout from financial services investigations. The practice draws on the firm’s notable prowess in the white-collar criminal and professional regulatory spaces to inform its financial regulatory offering. ‘Wonderful tactician‘ Andrew Katzen, co-founding partner Ben Rose, and joint chair of the financial crime department Ross Dixon are all key senior contacts.
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
Most of Hickman & Rose‘s professional discipline cases involve the SRA, FCA and FRC, as well as medical professionals’ regulators. Andrew Katzen is ‘a genuine expert‘; Claire Wallace defends individuals against regulatory bodies’ investigations; Ross Dixon has ‘great instincts‘; and name partner Ben Rose defends clients against professional misconduct accusations.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
(Hall of Fame)With extensive expertise representing individuals from the technology, natural resources, and construction industries, the ‘unrivalled’ white-collar crime team at Hickman & Rose works across the full spectrum of financial crime. Aside from advising clients in high-profile SFO and FCA investigations, the group is well-equipped to handle bribery and corruption proceedings for senior executives, bankers, and company directors. Ross Dixon and Ben Rose co-head the team, with the former dealing with DPAs and financial crime issues, and the latter focusing on fraud and corruption cases across a multitude of jurisdictions. Andrew Katzen has expertise where criminal allegations intersect with regulatory and disciplinary matters, while Christopher Houssemayne du Boulay assists individuals with complex accounting fraud issues. Emily Sheils is an expert on market manipulation while Claire Wallace concentrates on money laundering. Associates Steffan Barker and Tom Bushnell are also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals) London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Professional discipline London > Dispute resolution
- Financial services: contentious London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)