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Farrer & Co Offices
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England
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Jessica Reed
Work Department
Banking & Financial Services
Position
Jessica advises a wide range of financial services firms, including asset managers, private banks and international financial institutions, upon all aspects of financial regulatory law. She regularly advises upon UK regulated fund structures, and has a wealth of experience in regulated fund set-up, amendments, mergers and terminations, as well as queries involving cross-border issues. Jessica has a particular interest in charitable fund structures and charity compliance. She regularly works with the Firm’s charities lawyers to help charitable institutions understand their obligations under UK financial regulatory law and also international compliance issues such as FATCA and the Common Reporting Standard. In 2014, Jessica spent nine months on secondment to a well-known UK private bank.
Career
Financial Journalist for Adfero Ltd: 2004 – 2007; Trained at Clifford Chance LLP. Qualified in August 2011 and joined Farrer & Co in October 2012.
Education
Royal Holloway, University of London, BA; BBP (London), GDL; College of Law (London), LPC
Lawyer Rankings
London > Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
In addition to handling the setting up of new funds, Farrer & Co is well placed to assist with issues affecting Authorised Corporate Directors, advising on the FCA’s Consumer Duty and regulations governing the marketing of high risk investments. Practice head Grania Baird is ‘the best-in-class in the retail fund space,’ overseeing the structuring of authorised funds and their distribution. Jessica Reed is well versed in the spectrum of open-ended funds, advising on amendments to existing investment vehicles and issues tied to sustainable investing.
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Praised for its ‘excellence in all areas of financial services’, Farrer & Co is noted for its expertise in the private banking and asset management arenas, advising on a range of matters concerning conduct of business, financial promotion, governance and ongoing compliance with regulatory developments. ‘The strongest and most empathetic of leaders’, Grania Baird advises on a myriad of regulatory mandates in the private banking and payments, wealth and asset management sectors, while Andy Peterkin focuses on the financial services regulatory aspects of corporate transactions. Jessica Reed is another key contact in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
- Retail funds London > Investment fund formation and management
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration