Ms Sally Penrose > Appleby > Hamilton, Bermuda > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
CANON'S COURT, 22 VICTORIA STREET
PO BOX HM 1179
HAMILTON HM EX
Bermuda
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Ms Sally Penrose
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Sally Penrose is a partner in the Corporate department of Appleby’s Bermuda office and leads the Bermuda Regulatory practice. She advises clients on a wide range of regulatory and licensing issues including financial institutions, global corporations and professional and public bodies. Sally is a leading advisor on economic substance issues and has been actively involved in the Economic Substance Task Force established by the Minister of Finance.
Sally has wide corporate experience acting for corporate and management teams on multi-jurisdictional mergers, joint ventures and acquisitions. Sally is a member of Appleby’s global Technology & Innovation group, providing comprehensive advice in connection with all aspects of digital asset issuances and the carrying on of digital asset business.
Memberships
Sally is a member of the Registrar of Companies working group responsible for drafting the economic substance guidance notes.
Sally is chair of the legal focus group (subcommittee of the Bermuda Business Development Agency) driving legislative change in the jurisdiction and is frequently invited to join working groups formed by the Island’s regulator, the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
Education
- University College London (England)
- College of Law (London, England)
Lawyer Rankings
Bermuda > Regulatory and compliance
(Leading partners)With both contentious and non-contentious expertise, the team at Appleby
is highly adept at handling a wide range of business and financial services regulation matters, including compliance, corporate governance, and regulatory and risk advisory work. This offering encompasses assistance with AML and ATF programmes, sanction compliance policies, the mitigation of money laundering and terrorist financing risks, and the obtainment of regulatory licences. Sally Penrose leads the regulatory practice alongside John Wasty, who also chairs the dispute resolution department. Penrose also heads up the firm’s legal focus group dedicated to driving legislative change, while Wasty’s client base consists of (re)insurers, captives, hedge funds, investment advisors, and financial institutions, and he supports them throughout investigations and enforcement actions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution
- Regulatory and compliance
- Trusts/private client