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Rob Dedman, former Head of Enforcement at the Bank of England / Prudential Regulation Authority, is a partner in the Special Matters and Government Investigations practice. He has nearly a decade of experience as a senior regulator and represents clients in regulatory, financial crime and white-collar investigations and litigation – often with a cross-border element – as well as advising clients on internal and whistleblowing investigations. Rob also advises clients on the regulatory and other implications arising out of data breaches and cyber incidents, both in the financial services industry and beyond.
Rob assists clients with regulatory, anti-bribery and corruption, cyber and data breach incident response and financial crime issues. He defends corporate and individual clients under investigation by regulatory and criminal authorities, and carries out internal investigations. He also advises clients on compliance matters, including helping them determine the extent to which their policies, procedures, systems and controls comply with regulatory expectations and industry best practice.
Rob also brings with him a senior regulator’s perspective, and advises clients as to how the UK financial services regulators are likely to respond to issues arising in their businesses - before, during and after regulatory and government investigations.
While at the Bank of England, Rob established and led the Enforcement and Litigation Division, the Bank’s first division dedicated to carrying out enforcement investigations. He led the first ever PRA enforcement investigations against firms and Senior Managers, leading to a number of notable results, including the first prohibition of a Chief Executive of a major UK bank.
Rob led the Bank’s enforcement relationships with UK regulators, prosecutors and central government (including the FCA, the FRC, HM Treasury, and the SFO), and with overseas regulators and prosecutors including the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Offices in New York and Boston, the Federal Reserve, the New York Fed, the OCC, and the CFTC.
Prior to joining the Bank, Rob led the legal team at the then-FSA responsible for the changes to legislation that brought about the creation of the FCA and PRA, working closely with stakeholders on the legal and operational implications of the new regime.
Before joining King & Spalding, Rob was a Senior Director of Global Investigations and Compliance at Navigant Consulting.
LL.M. Law with Merit, King's College London
B.Sc., University of Surrey, honors
England and Wales
Judicial Clerk, Civil Division, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
CEDR Accredited Mediator
England & Wales (Admitted 9/6/2004; Reg. # 335711)
Member of Consulting Editorial Board, LexisNexis Financial Services
French
February 16, 2022
Rob Dedman discusses the impact of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime
February 1, 2022
King & Spalding Team Closes a Variety of Esoteric Financings in the Second Half of 2021
January 25, 2022
King & Spalding Represents Utmost Group on £300m Tier 1 Bond Issuance
Investigations
Leading an internal whistleblowing investigation into compliance at a major global client
Leading an internal review of accounting issues at a major listed company
Leading an internal investigation into financing arrangements at a middle-east based client
Leading a listed client's response to an enquiry by the Financial Conduct Authority into market disclosures
Carrying out an internal investigation into potential fraud at an insurance intermediary
Cybersecurity and data privacy
Assisting a UK based insurer with a response to a cyber incident
Assisting a global client to deal with the European aspects of a ransomware incident
Presenting to the US Cyber Risk Directors Forum on privacy issues
Compliance
Advising a major global financial institution on the UK regulatory impact of overseas investigations
Advising a major global financial institution on applications for approval for Senior Managers and conduct issues arising in respect of Senior Managers and Certified Persons
Advising a bank on capital issues.
Advising a non-bank lender on financial crime and change in control issues.
Assisting in a compliance review of a group of businesses' anti bribery and corruption controls.
Carrying out a compliance review of the regulated business undertaken by a nationwide chain of car dealerships
Advising a Gibraltar-based insurer on Solvency II related regulatory issues.
Advising a UK-based insurer on the implementation of recommendations arising out of a section 166 skilled persons review (and a member of the internal project oversight committee)
Advising a major financial institution on conflict of interests and market abuse controls
Advising US based clients on the EU law aspects of securitisations on the US markets
Carrying out regulatory due diligence and change in control analysis for clients engaging in financial services M&A activity
Advising a consumer credit lender on financial services regulatory issues arising in its business
See more
June 27, 2022
Financial Services Focus - March 2022
October 5, 2021
Managing Global Risks in Light of the Pandora Papers Leak
September 30, 2021
Financial Services Focus - September 2021
February 16, 2022
Rob Dedman discusses the impact of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime
February 1, 2022
King & Spalding Team Closes a Variety of Esoteric Financings in the Second Half of 2021
January 25, 2022
King & Spalding Represents Utmost Group on £300m Tier 1 Bond Issuance
Investigations
Leading an internal whistleblowing investigation into compliance at a major global client
Leading an internal review of accounting issues at a major listed company
Leading an internal investigation into financing arrangements at a middle-east based client
Leading a listed client's response to an enquiry by the Financial Conduct Authority into market disclosures
Carrying out an internal investigation into potential fraud at an insurance intermediary
Cybersecurity and data privacy
Assisting a UK based insurer with a response to a cyber incident
Assisting a global client to deal with the European aspects of a ransomware incident
Presenting to the US Cyber Risk Directors Forum on privacy issues
Compliance
Advising a major global financial institution on the UK regulatory impact of overseas investigations
Advising a major global financial institution on applications for approval for Senior Managers and conduct issues arising in respect of Senior Managers and Certified Persons
Advising a bank on capital issues.
Advising a non-bank lender on financial crime and change in control issues.
Assisting in a compliance review of a group of businesses' anti bribery and corruption controls.
Carrying out a compliance review of the regulated business undertaken by a nationwide chain of car dealerships
Advising a Gibraltar-based insurer on Solvency II related regulatory issues.
Advising a UK-based insurer on the implementation of recommendations arising out of a section 166 skilled persons review (and a member of the internal project oversight committee)
Advising a major financial institution on conflict of interests and market abuse controls
Advising US based clients on the EU law aspects of securitisations on the US markets
Carrying out regulatory due diligence and change in control analysis for clients engaging in financial services M&A activity
Advising a consumer credit lender on financial services regulatory issues arising in its business
See more
June 27, 2022
Financial Services Focus - March 2022
October 5, 2021
Managing Global Risks in Light of the Pandora Papers Leak
September 30, 2021
Financial Services Focus - September 2021
February 16, 2022
Rob Dedman discusses the impact of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime
February 1, 2022
King & Spalding Team Closes a Variety of Esoteric Financings in the Second Half of 2021
January 25, 2022
King & Spalding Represents Utmost Group on £300m Tier 1 Bond Issuance
LL.M. Law with Merit, King's College London
B.Sc., University of Surrey, honors
England and Wales
Judicial Clerk, Civil Division, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
CEDR Accredited Mediator
England & Wales (Admitted 9/6/2004; Reg. # 335711)
Member of Consulting Editorial Board, LexisNexis Financial Services
French