Robert Falkner

Partner

Robert Falkner is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Robert's practice covers domestic and international financial services. He deals with litigation, regulatory enforcement defence work, general regulatory and compliance advice, and various commercial agreements used in the securities and derivatives markets.

Robert joined the London office of Morgan Lewis as a partner in October 2004. Prior to that he was general counsel for, and a director of, Cantor Fitzgerald International (broker-dealer) and eSpeed International (electronic markets) and their European and Asian affiliates for nine years. He was responsible for legal, compliance, tax, company secretarial, and risk matters arising in Europe and Asia. During this time, Robert was also a member of the London Stock Exchange Domestic and International Rules Committee (1998 - 2001).

Before joining the Cantor Fitzgerald group, Robert was a partner in both the Litigation Department and the Antitrust Department of a leading UK law firm where he acted in numerous securities, banking, insurance and antitrust litigation matters, including the Bank of England Board of Banking Supervision Barings Inquiry and for the SIB (the FSA predecessor) in various regulatory enforcement proceedings. Robert dealt with antitrust actions before the High Court, the European Commission and the European Court of Justice. Robert also regularly acted for the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom.

Chambers UK: A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession (2008), in their Banking Litigation category, describe Robert as having "inside understanding of how a bank works, and the mechanisms underlying transactions."

Robert is admitted to practice in England & Wales and New Zealand as a Solicitor.