DLA Piper has been joined by leading corporate crime and regulatory investigations lawyer Patrick Rappo. He joins from Steptoe & Johnson in London, which he joined as a partner in 2013. Patrick previously spent five years at the Serious Fraud Office, where he became Joint Head of the Bribery & Corruption Divisions and played a lead role in the efforts to successfully introduce deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in the United Kingdom. Patrick began his career as a barrister [trial attorney] specialising in criminal law.
