About me

I am a regulatory lawyer with over 40 years’ experience advising UK and international financial sector clients on banking and financial services regulation and compliance. If you are looking for clear, dependable, and high-quality legal advice, you have come to the right place.

My career spans private practice, professional services, and regulatory consultancy. I was a partner at PwC Legal (Landwell), the associated law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and previously held senior roles at Clifford Chance, KPMG, and Lovells, where I acted as ‘Of Counsel’. I qualified as both an English solicitor and a US lawyer, and I hold a PhD in Law from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand where my thesis title was “Fiduciary Duties and Regulatory Rules; Are the English Courts and the UK Financial Conduct Regulator on a collision course?” .

I have worked closely with regulators throughout my career, including as a consultant to the Financial Conduct Authority and its predecessor bodies on the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). I have also acted as an expert witness on regulatory matters and organisational governance within financial services firms.

Alongside my advisory work, I am deeply engaged in legal education and thought leadership. I was a professional associate of Outer Temple Chambers, a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics, and a lecturer on executive programmes at the LSE. I have also served on the FSA’s Working Party on Client Money and Assets and have contributed to working groups of the Financial Markets Law Committee.

I am also the consultant editor of Butterworths’ Securities and Financial Services Law Handbook and the general editor of the Butterworth Financial Regulation Service.