Key members of our team include:

Simon Morgan – Managing Partner Simon initially practised as a Barrister from 1995 to 1999 before dual qualifying as a Solicitor.  He specialises in all heavy fraud, regulatory law, and GLA licensing as well as all aspects of restraint and confiscation proceedings and Civil Recovery Proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.  Simon studied law at the University of London and is qualified as a Specialist Fraud Panel Supervisor.   He is also a Higher Rights Advocate (Higher Criminal Courts) and a member of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association. 

Simon Rose – Senior Partner Simon trained and worked as a commercial lawyer before jointly setting up Morgan Rose with Simon Morgan in 2000.  He has 19 years experience dealing with headline cases and is an expert in the field specialising in the defence of complex fraud matters including civil fraud and VAT tribunals.  He regularly advises clients involved in investigations and prosecutions in relation to allegations of money laundering, pension and VAT fraud as well as other complex criminal cases and POCA confiscations.  He is a Specialist Fraud Panel Supervisor, a member of the VHCC Appeals panel and a member of the Legal Services Commission Area Committee.  Simon speaks Turkish.

Mark Panton – Senior Associate Solicitor Mark qualified as a solicitor in 1998.  He specialises in defending prosecutions brought by Revenue & Customs with particular emphasis on Missing Trader Intra Community (MTIC) fraud and money laundering.   Mark is a Higher Rights Advocate (Higher Criminal Courts).  Mark studied law at the University of Manchester.

Graham Compton – Consultant Solicitor Graham has over 25 years experience and is expert in the fields of high value complex fraud and money laundering.  He served in the CID and Special Branch in Hampshire until 1974. Graham qualified as a Solicitor in 1981 and has worked exclusively on fraud and complex matters since 1991.

Jansen Versfeld – Senior Associate Solicitor Jansen joined Morgan Rose in 2003 after having worked for the Department for Trade & Industry and the Insolvency Service on a number of Insolvency and Regulatory matters.  His areas of expertise are money laundering and corporate fraud including investigations and prosecutions by the DTI and Revenue & Customs and particularly confiscation proceedings.  Jansen studied law at the University of Cape Town and Rhodes University in South Africa before being admitted as a Solicitor in England in 2001.  Jansen is dual-qualified as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. Languages spoken fluently include English, Afrikaans and Dutch.

Mark Rostron – Senior Associate Solicitor Mark joined Morgan Rose in 2005 having previously worked for a civil litigation firm in Harley Street.  He was admitted as a Solicitor in 2004, studied Law at Lancaster University and subsequently completed the Legal Practice Course at the Nottingham Law School.