Erin Sculthorpe

Erin has experience in contentious, advisory and corporate work for UK and international financial institutions including:

• Advising international asset managers on the application and implementation of EU SFDR in respect of Article 8 and Article 9 products across a variety of asset classes Coordinating multi-jurisdictional fund marketing projects for fund managers and advising on NPPR notification and compliance requirements under AIFM regimes in the UK and EU.
• Providing regulatory support to corporate M&A and large restructuring transactions including regulatory due diligence, warranties and indemnities drafting, advising on deal structure and regulatory approval / communications.
• Advising several large UK banks on their obligations under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, interaction with UK payment systems and drafting product terms and conditions.
• Advising on the scope of the regulatory perimeter including the financial promotions regime and whether particular activities fall within the UK regulatory regime.
• Advising clients on compliance with the UK Senior Manager and Certification Regime.
• Advising a consumer credit firm on the scope, application and implementation of the FCA’s new consumer duty regime.
• A key member of the legal project team outsourced by a UK regulator to assist the Authorisations department in assessing statutory notifications.
• Advising on financial mis-selling claims under section 138D FSMA.*
• Advising an independent financial adviser in respect of FCA internal investigations and s166 skilled persons review relating to DB to DC pension transfers.*

*Denotes experience gained in the previous firm.