Speaker details

Biography

Robert Robinson is the Group General Counsel of MS Amlin plc where he has overall responsibility for all legal matters involving the MDS Amlin group. He also served until 2011 as Head of Legal & Compliance for Amlin Underwriting Ltd, the Lloyd’s managing agent. He joined Amlin in 2007 from Liberty Syndicates where he was Syndicate Counsel. He joined Liberty from the Chicago-based law firm Lord Bissell & Brook where he was an equity partner and partner in charge of their London office. He took the leading in-house legal role on a number of major transactions, culminating in the acquisition of Amlin plc by Mitsui Sumitomo in 2016. He also acted as the lead lawyer for the company in a number of contentious matters including regulatory proceedings and major litigation. With the Mitsui Sumitomo transaction now embedded, Robert is leaving MS Amlin at the end of July to pursue opportunities as a consultant.