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Provided by Robin Lööf
Practice Areas
Robin specialises in cases involving financial and economic misconduct, appearing in high-stakes litigation before UK and EU courts, offshore tribunals, and financial regulatory bodies.
In the area of commercial crime, Robin is currently acting for a high-net-worth individual in a challenge to the legality of an offshore investigation into multi-billion-pound money laundering allegations. Other recent work includes challenging corporate account freezing orders and advising a leading university on export control risks in joint research programmes with foreign universities.
Robin frequently appears in cases where commercial interests are threatened by criminal or quasi-criminal conduct, recently appearing as lead advocate on behalf of a major financial services company bringing claims of harassment, breach of confidence, and contempt of court. With his perspective from criminal and regulatory practice, Robin is increasingly sought after in commercial fraud cases, currently appearing in complex and high-value cases both in the commercial court and offshore.
With longstanding experience in sanctions litigation and advice, Robin’s sanctions-related practice spans the full range from designation challenges, via transactional advisory, to representation in enforcement actions. As a French lawyer, Robin also advises on EU sanctions and appears in designation challenges before the EU judiciary.
In the financial regulatory field, Robin’s recent experience includes instructions in three of the latest FCA enforcement actions against banks for failures in their AML compliance systems and control, including appearing before the FCA’s RDC. In offshore enforcement actions Robin takes instructions both for the defence and the regulators. He is also known as a pragmatic and efficient adviser on the scope and application of financial regulations.
Career
2009 Call, Lincoln’s Inn
2017 Sworn, Paris bar
Professional Memberships
Fraud Lawyers Association, European Criminal Bar Association.
Personal
University of Cambridge, MA (LAW) (first class) (2004); Université Pantéon-Assas Paris II, maîtrise en droit (mention) (2004), European University Institute, PhD (2008); College of Law, BVC (2009).
Languages Spoken
French (fluent), Italian (fluent), Swedish (fluent), Spanish (passive), German (basic).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Robin Lööfof Fountain Court Chambers is recognised as an expert junior operating in the field of financial regulation and sanctions. He earns praise for his deep EU law expertise, drawing on his previous experience as an international lawyer to assist sanctioned HNW individuals and financial institutions. Lööf regularly appears before EU courts in his capacity as a qualified French avocat.
Robin Lööf is described as a superb financial services lawyer, and he focuses on representing organisations and smaller banks. He is able to provide expert representation in anti-money laundering matters, FCA enforcement actions and other financial regulation cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Robin is very smart and an excellent advocate. He is good at sifting through large amounts of detail. He provides insightful input on cases."
"Robin has a good manner with clients and reasonable commercial sense. He makes himself available, and his input is clear and useful."
"Robin is an absolutely superb financial services lawyer. He is really outstanding."
"Robin has a strong understanding of EU sanctions across various member states."
"Robin is an incredibly good barrister. He has a real clarity of thought about him, as an EU lawyer and English counsel."
"Robin Lööf is a very good sanctions junior. I'd highly recommend him for sanctions and white-collar work."
"Robin is very easy to deal with. He's very responsive, and whenever there is an urgent query he turns it round within a matter of hours. He knows his stuff."
"Robin is very smart and an excellent advocate. He is good at sifting through large amounts of detail. He provides insightful input on cases."
"Robin has a good manner with clients and reasonable commercial sense. He makes himself available, and his input is clear and useful."
"Robin is an absolutely superb financial services lawyer. He is really outstanding."
"Robin has a strong understanding of EU sanctions across various member states."
"Robin is an incredibly good barrister. He has a real clarity of thought about him, as an EU lawyer and English counsel."
"Robin Lööf is a very good sanctions junior. I'd highly recommend him for sanctions and white-collar work."
"Robin is very easy to deal with. He's very responsive, and whenever there is an urgent query he turns it round within a matter of hours. He knows his stuff."
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