Former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom companion Elizabeth Robertson has launched her personal enterprise crime and investigations agency alongside a long-time collaborator, shortly after leaving the Large Regulation agency.
Elizabeth Robertson, who spent eight years as companion in Skadden’s white collar crime group, has launched Robertson Pugh alongside administration advisor Henry Pugh.
Robertson Pugh makes a speciality of enterprise crime and investigations, in addition to issues regarding company governance queries.
Chatting with Regulation.com of her resolution to launch her personal agency, Robertson explains how she began her profession on the main white collar crime boutique Peters & Peters.
“I learnt a lot concerning the space and the significance of being business. I’ve all the time cherished that aspect of being a lawyer and needed to return to it.
“I additionally discover there are only a few ladies founders round,” Robertson added. “I’m not certain if that is confidence-related, however I’m excited to go on this journey with my very own agency. Extra particularly, there may be additionally an actual alternative proper now with expertise making it a lot simpler for smaller regulation corporations to handle the dimensions of investigations.”
Robertson, who has been training for over 25 years, has expertise aiding shoppers by investigations launched by the Critical Fraud Workplace, the Monetary Conduct Authority, HM Income & Customs and the Workplace of Monetary Sanctions Implementation.
In the meantime, her companion Pugh has labored within the investigations sector since 1998, predominantly for danger administration consultancies. He began his profession on the U.Okay.’s Ministry of Defence.
Robertson expects that the mixture of her authorized expertise and Pugh’s strategic experience will present shoppers with a breadth of recommendation which avoiding the “constraints and conflicts inherent in bigger corporations”, permitting them to supply a extra “agile, discreet and empathetic response to consumer wants”.
The strain on basic counsel and authorized departments to navigate the more and more complicated regulatory framework has grown not too long ago.
“I do know that the function of the GC is changing into virtually overwhelming with the extent of regulatory-linked pressures,” Robertson stated. “Very often a GC may have to cowl cyber, knowledge safety, tax, sanctions bribery and corruption and many others to maintain abreast of and it is extremely tough to maintain on high of that.
The agency has already made its first rent, who will be part of on the finish of the month.
Robertson says lots of her present shoppers have been “extremely supportive”.
Robertson additionally expects that she may have extra time to dedicate to professional bono tasks and her kids.
“I’d thought of doing this actually severely about 10 years in the past with my enterprise companion, however the timing wasn’t fairly proper, so feels prefer it’s now or by no means.”
Ryan Junck, head of Skadden’s European litigation and controversy practices and European white collar protection and investigations group stated: ”We thank Elizabeth for her contribution and need her all the easiest along with her new enterprise.”
