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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 > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
(Hall of Fame)Boutique litigation firm Hickman & Rose ‘consistently punches well above its weight’ to advise individuals facing serious financial criminal charges. With extensive experience handling SFO, HMRC, and NCA investigations and proceedings, the group also handles an increasing number of regulatory financial crime cases. Advice relating to account freezing orders, proceeds of crime issues, and sanctions concerns form further core pillars of work for the team. Ross Dixon and Ben Rose
jointly lead the firm’s financial crime offering; Dixon has notable experience handling parallel proceedings in the UK and overseas, while Rose takes point on bribery, fraud, and corruption matters – Andrew Katzen and Claire Wallace are other key names here. Emily Sheils handles market manipulation and fraud proceedings, while Christopher Houssemayne du Boulay is a key contact for accounting fraud instructions. At the associate level, Steffan Baker ably assists on complex fraud defence cases.
London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
Hickman & Rose has ‘one of the very best teams for representing those caught up in criminal, regulatory and professional discipline matters’. The team defends lawyers, accountants and financial services-related individuals in SRA, FCA and FRC cases, as well as matters brought by medical professionals’ regulators. Andrew Katzen ‘has a wonderful track record’; Claire Wallace represents solicitors, barristers and financial services professionals under investigation; Ben Rose defends professional misconduct allegations; and Ross Dixon
is experienced in FCA, FRC and SRA work.