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Profile
Becky Critchley advises a range of financial institutions on matters of complex UK financial services regulation, particularly relating to consumer protection, structured finance transactions, and benchmark regulation.
Becky leverages a keen understanding of the regulatory and market landscapes, as well as trusted relationships with industry bodies, to help investment banks, corporate finance houses, regtech and fintech companies, fund managers, lenders, and online trading business navigate:
UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Conduct of Business Rules
MiFID and MAR
Regulated consumer lending, including the extensive proposals for change to the UK’s existing consumer credit regime
Consumer Duty
Consumer Rights Act
Benchmark regulation
Culture and Conduct
Cross-border issues
She interprets complicated and technical laws and regulations and distills them for clients in an easy-to-comprehend and commercially focused way. Becky collaborates closely with the firm’s Structured Finance team to bring her extensive experience in consumer protection and regulated lending to clients’ transactions.
Becky maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising on regulated lending for social enterprises and nonprofit organizations.
Experience
Becky’s recent experience includes advising:
Private equity clients on UK regulatory advice on transactions involving UK regulated entities
Existing and new financial services clients in relation to ongoing compliance with MiFID II
Global banks on their applications to the FCA for registration as authorized benchmark administrators
Global banks and independent index providers on compliance with the benchmark regulation
Benchmark administrators on ESG (environmental, social, and governance) compliance
Global banks on Consumer Duty implementation
An international bank on changing its outsourcing arrangements to near-shoring arrangements
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
England and Wales (Solicitor)
Education
Bar Vocational Course, Nottingham Law School at Nottingham Trent University, 2005
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