Ross Dixon

Practice Areas

Ross Dixon specialises in financial, white collar criminal and regulatory defence.

He represents companies and individuals caught up in the most serious bribery and fraud related cases. Recent cases include acting for senior executives at Tesco and G4S who were prosecuted following DPAs signed with the SFO.

Ross has advised individuals in the recent SFO investigations into Rolls-Royce, Amec Foster Wheeler, Petrofac and Airbus.

Ross is an expert on money laundering and proceeds of crime issues. He often works on trans-jurisdictional matters.He also regularly acts in regulatory matters involving the FRC, FCA and SRA.

Ross advises on dawn raids, production and restraint orders, the execution of warrants, and the regulatory and strategic obligations that may arise from the discovery of potential wrong doing within a company.

Ross regularly acts for professional people and their families caught up in police investigations. He appreciates the reputational damage being named in connection with criminal proceedings can cause and works carefully to minimise this.

Career

Qualified 1991, joined Hickman and Rose in 1995, became partner in 1998, currently Chair of Partners.

Professional Memberships

Officer of the International Bar Association Crime Committee; member of The Fraud Lawyers Association committee, member of the Law Society’s Money Laundering Task Force.