Robert Guest, Partner

Former General Counsel and Compliance Director of Johnson Fry and SG Asset Management

• Joined Beachcroft as a partner in the Financial Institutions Group on 2 May 2006.
  
• Previously partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse dealing with split capital investment trusts, fund management start-ups and general advice to a wide range of brokers, hedge fund managers, banks and commodities brokers.
  
• General Counsel and Compliance Director at SG Asset Management with Nicola Horlick, John Richards and Keith Percy (1997-2003). This was a start up backed by Societe Generale. It raised approximately £7,000,000,000 in fund under management in 5 years. It established ranges of retail and institutional funds and later managed some hedge funds. However, its main business was the management of segregated mandates for pension funds.
  
• Held a similar position at Johnson Fry (1994 -1997) which was taken over by Legg Mason. Johnson Fry was a small publicly quoted company with a wide range of innovative tax-based products for private investors. It was well-known for promoting companies under the Business Expansion Scheme. It subsequently developed a range of unit trusts, investment trusts, enterprise zone unit trusts, fixed return PEPs and ISAs, insurance bonds and other products.