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Keystone Law Offices
Keystone Law
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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Simon Sutcliffe
020 7152 6550 simon.sutcliffe@keystonelaw.co.uk
Position
Simon is a financial services lawyer specialising in asset management. He advises fund sponsors/managers, service providers, fund boards, trustees and investors based in the UK and around the globe. Simon provides his clients with succinct and practical commercial advice. He is able to offer targeted guidance on specific matters and bring his extensive management skills to bear on more complex projects, including on a multi-jurisdictional basis.
Simon’s practice encompasses a broad range of specialist areas relating to the asset management sector, including fund establishment and closure, marketing and distribution, regulatory compliance, derivatives trading, depositary, custodian and trustee services, collateral management, investment due diligence and more. It also covers a broad range of investment funds, including alternative investment funds (AIFs) and undertakings for collective investment in securities (UCITS) (including exchange traded and fund-of-funds).
Simon’s career has seen him working in both private and in-house practice and he has acted as in-house counsel for a number of top financial institutions including The Bank of New York Mellon, Macquarie Bank, and BlackRock.
Prior to commencing his legal career, Simon attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and served for five years as an Army officer, undertaking leadership roles in the UK and overseas.
Career
Corporate Paralegal at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, 2004-05; Derivatives Paralegal, SJ Berwin LLP, 2006-07; Structured Finance Paralegal at Milbank Tweed Hadley McCloy LLP, 2006-07; Trained at BlueBay Asset Management, qualified 2010; Legal Counsel at Macquarie Funds Group, Legal Counsel at BlackRock, 2013; Special Counsel at Permal Investment Management, 2013-14; Legal Counsel at the Bank of New York Mellon, 2014-16; Keystone Law, 2016.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Travel
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant