Robin Frost

Director | Risk and Compliance

Belgien, France, Deutschland, London, Luxemburg, Niederlande, Großbritannien

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

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How data protection leaders can hold the C-suite’s attention

Posted September 4, 2026

Contents Share Key insights Executive attention is the scarcest resource a data protection function competes for. Winning the C-suite’s attention is often the easy part: a regulatory deadline or a data breach naturally puts privacy on the board agenda without any effort from the Data Protection Officer (DPO). Keeping that attention is what allows privacy programmes to grow beyond a team of one. Across data protection recruitment, the […]

How tech and life sciences companies should hire legal leaders for growth

Posted September 4, 2026

Contents Share Key insights High-growth companies rarely need the same legal function for long. A technology startup may initially need support with intellectual property and commercial contracts before enterprise growth, AI adoption or international expansion changes the legal brief. A life sciences company may move from fundraising and IP protection into clinical development, licensing and commercialization. The challenge is recognising when […]

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What does a data centre lawyer do? Understanding one of the legal market’s most elusive skill sets

Posted September 3, 2026

Contents Share Key insights What is the remit of a data centre lawyer? It is a question we are being asked with increasing frequency by C-suite leaders preparing to make their first General Counsel hire, by existing in-house legal teams assessing where their capability gaps lie, and by lawyers themselves trying to understand how to […]

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Real estate partner hiring in Birmingham law firms

Posted September 3, 2026

Contents Share Key insights While activity across the Birmingham legal market remains strong, one practice area continues to attract more partner-level investment than any other: real estate. According to publicly available data tracked by Pirical, real estate accounted for 20 lateral partner hires in Birmingham between July 2025 and July 2026, representing 24% of all […]