Supreme Lawyers 2025

Criminal Défense Law Firm of the Year – UK
ABR Solicitors is a nationally recognized criminal defense solicitors practice
specializing in fraud, crime, and regulatory defense. Our mental health and prison
law teams are highly regarded throughout the North of England. We have offices in
Leeds, Liverpool, and London.
Practice Areas:
Criminal Defense
Business Defense
POCA/Confiscation
Regulatory Solicitors
Professional Discipline
Military Law
Mental Health
Prison Law Advice and Representation
Firearms
Rob Rode
Private Prosecution
Rob is a nationally and internationally recognized specialist criminal defense
solicitor. He is an acknowledged specialist fraud (white collar) and regulatory
defense solicitor. He is described in one of the leading guides to the profession as
“like a terrier that never stops digging”. Rob is a supervisor on the Specialist Fraud
Panel set up by the Legal Aid Agency. He is a higher court advocate.
He is described in Chambers 2019 as “a very good lawyer” and a “fearsome
advocate” and recognized as a leading individual in crime fraud and financial crime
by the most recent Legal 500 and Chambers editions, both nationally and locally.
He represents individuals and companies in the UK and abroad facing
investigation/prosecution under the Bribery Act or multijurisdictional legislation
including FCPA. He has experience of dealing with prosecution authorities across
several jurisdictions.
Rob undertakes fraud defense, regulatory defense, white collar defense involving
international/cross-jurisdictional issues, defense of tax /VAT fraud, motoring, and
general criminal matters with (again, according to a leading independent guide) “a
certain panache”.
Rob undertakes private prosecutions on behalf of individuals and companies.