Rob joins us from Brabners, where he led their environmental practice.

In his new role, Rob will sit within the real estate team. His responsibilities will include enhancing the firm’s profile, leading the environmental team and delivery complex environmental projects. His primary focus areas will include contaminated land, environmental permitting, waste management, greenwashing, and sustainability requirements to name a few.

Rob has over 20 years of experience in the legal profession spanning various sectors such as energy, manufacturing, retail, sport and the public sector.

Rob commented: “It’s a great honour to join a prestigious firm like Mills & Reeve. I aim to utilise my expertise and experience to raise the profile of the firm as a key player in the environment sector.

“It’s the ideal opportunity for me and the firm can provide me with the perfect bedrock to achieve our shared goals - I’m looking forward to beginning this phase with my new colleagues.”

Vincenzo Maggio, head of real estate at Mills & Reeve, added: “We’re honoured to welcome Rob to our ever growing team. We’ve always taken environmental law and concerns around ESG very seriously here at Mills & Reeve. Rob’s expertise in this key sector will be instrumental as we move forward.”

This news story was originally published on the firm’s website.