Hugo is Head of the Mishcon de Raya Fraud group, recognised as a market-leading practice in both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories for Civil Fraud. He also has a broad remit as Divisional Head of the Fraud, Insolvency, White Collar Crime, Tax & Investigations, MDR Cyber and MDR Discover businesses.

Hugo's practice straddles a broad range of commercial litigation and arbitration but with a particular focus on cases involving commercial fraud and investigations.

Hugo has played a pioneering role in building the firm's cyber security offering, ensuring that the firm is enabled to advise in a globalised and accelerating online world. This has resulted in the creation of MDR Group business MDR Cyber. Hugo continues to develop strategies for combatting cyber-crime in a range of sectors, for example assisting insurers with innovative incident response and asset recovery techniques. Hugo is currently participating in the firm's joint public-private sector initiatives to help combat fraud and corruption.

He has again been recognised as a leader in Investigations in Who's Who Legal 2022 and was shortlisted for the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers: Innovative Practitioner award for 2021.

Hugo is also part of the MDR Solutions I team, a litigation finance venture offering greater access to funding for claimants.