Rupert advises and represents clients on financial crime matters and commercial disputes.
Rupert is part of our top-ranked global Corporate Crime and Investigations team. He has experience of complex internal and external investigations and advises a wide range of financial and non-financial sector clients in relation to fraud, corruption, money laundering and international sanctions. He has also worked on a number of high-value commercial disputes.
Rupert also helps clients and internal teams leverage generative AI responsibly in investigations and disputes. He has designed and used AI‑enabled workflows for case assessment and document review, and also advises on legal issues such as privilege. He regularly delivers practical training for lawyers and in‑house legal teams on safe, effective adoption of AI tools.
Rupert has spent time on secondment in the firm's Tokyo office, where he worked in our cross-Asia Corporate Crime and Investigations team. He has also lived and worked in Hong Kong.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- a major healthcare company on a number of internal corruption investigations into its business practices in Japan, China, India and other jurisdictions in Asia
- two UK financial institutions in respect of (separate) FCA investigations regarding potential failings in relation to their anti-money laundering systems and controls
- a UK insurance company in relation to a multi-million pound securities class action claim
- a French bank in relation to High Court proceedings in connection with historic derivatives transactions
- an Italian automobile manufacturer in its defence of follow-on damages claims arising from the European Commission's settlement decision in Trucks
- a consortium of 20 clients in relation to a ten-year project to survey the anti-corruption legislation of 125 jurisdictions, to help ensure that their employees act appropriately in relation to the provision of gifts and hospitality whilst overseas
Sectors
Background
Rupert studied English Literature at Durham University (including a dissertation on the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro) and Law at Cambridge University.
