RPC hires financial crime consultant to bolster growing White Collar Crime team

International law firm's latest hire, consultant Ben Cooper, further expands RPC's growing expertise across financial crime matters.

Senior Associate and anti-corruption specialist Tom Jenkins also joins the team.

RPC has hired financial crime consultant Ben Cooper to bolster the international law firm's White Collar Crime team in London. Ben started on 1 February 2023.

Ben, a former Global Head of Anti-Bribery and Corruption at HSBC, is a financial crime lawyer and compliance officer specialising in advising states, corporates, banks, insurers and individuals on a range of issues, including money laundering, sanctions, tax evasion, bribery and corruption, corporate ethics, trade and export controls, asset tracing, fraud, complex investigations, criminal proceedings, and regulator enforcement. 

He has a proven track record of providing timely and succinct advice to stakeholders, building trusted client relationships, and delivering projects. 

Ben trained and qualified at KLegal (now Pinsents) and spent two years at the Asset Recovery Agency/Serious Organised Crime Agency (now known as the National Crime Agency) before joining PwC Legal to develop their White-Collar Crime practice. He moved to HSBC in 2014.

He will work alongside RPC consultant Osama Aljayousi, an auditor and former Global head of Ethics at a FTSE 100 construction company.

Ben's arrival coincides with the addition of senior associate Tom Jenkins, who joined from Debevoise & Plimpton in January. 

Tom, described as a "superstar" in this year's Legal 500, has extensive experience conducting anti-corruption investigations and advising on high-profile investigations across several areas, from bribery and corruption and fraud to allegations of market abuse.

These new hires reflect RPC's continued investment in its White Collar Crime offering to support the firm's rapid growth within this sector. 

Commenting on their arrival, RPC's Sam Tate, Head of White Collar Crime, said: "Ben and Tom are very welcome additions driven by client need as we continue to expand our White Collar Crime team. 

"Ben's seasoned experience across financial crime matters, coupled with Tom, our new rising star senior associate, will significantly bolster our regulatory offering to clients and our position in this dynamic market."

RPC's White Collar Crime and Compliance team provides support and advice across a wealth of matters, including anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, corporate crime, dawn raids, financial crime, fraud and whistleblowing.