Robin Frost

Director | Risk and Compliance

Belgium, France, Germany, London, Luxembourg, Netherlands, UK

• Banking and financial services
• Risk
• Director

• +44 20 7332 2477
• [email protected]
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Robin specialises in placing risk and quantitative specialists within the banking and financial services sector. His experiences span across projects from regulatory change through to quantitative development, validation, and system implementations. He works on opportunities across both the permanent and interim markets and can also offer advice and guidance to candidates looking to relocate.

Robin first started in risk recruitment in 2009 and built a core focus across the Netherlands and France. He is committed to delivering a high level of customer service and is passionate for finding the right solutions.

ROBIN'S INSIGHTS

A career shift into risk and compliance in UK law firms: what lawyers need to know

• Posted May 18, 2026

Contents Key insights We’re seeing a clear shift across the UK legal market: more lawyers are actively exploring moves into risk and compliance roles within law firms, with growing interest in long-term compliance careers. This isn’t limited to one practice area or level of seniority; we are seeing interest from associates through to general counsel. […]

The new shape of compliance in UK law firms and the hiring gaps it’s creating

• Posted May 18, 2026

Contents Key insights Law firm compliance is no longer a background control function designed to “keep the regulator happy”. Over the last few years, it has become a central operational and reputational pillar and one that firms are increasingly expected to evidence as robust, scalable and commercially aware. What we are seeing now is not […]

Five signs it’s time for London solicitors to move firms

• Posted May 18, 2026

Contents Key insights For most solicitors, the decision to move firms is rarely driven by a single moment. More often, it is the gradual accumulation of signals: the sense that progression has slowed, that the firm’s direction no longer aligns with your own, or that the work you are doing no longer stretches or excites […]

Stepping into a PE-backed business: a GC’s perspective

• Posted May 15, 2026

Contents Key insights Georgia Morgan Wynne spoke to Kristin McFetridge, General Counsel at MVF Global, about the realities of stepping into a private equity-backed business and why success in the role has less to do with law, and more to do with judgment, pace and people. It’s rarely the legal work that’s the challenge For […]