Clifford Chance LLP

Caroline Dawson specialises in advising major global financial institutions and other market participants, on financial market regulation, mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector and securities and derivatives transactions.

Caroline Dawson specialises in advising major global financial institutions and other market participants, on financial market regulation, mergers and acquisitions in the financial sector and securities and derivatives transactions.
Caroline is a member of TheCityUK’s Switzerland MAG, a member of the International Business & Diplomatic Exchange’s Financial Services Advisory Group and regularly participates in ad hoc working groups established by the Bank of England, PRA and FCA. She was seconded to the EMEA equities team at Goldman Sachs in 2009 and to the Bank of England in 2014. Caroline has been named as one of the top Financial Services Regulatory practitioners in the UK in the Euromoney’s ‘Women in Business Law Expert’ Guide every year since 2020, and also as one of Global Banking Regulation Review’s “45 under 45” leading next generation banking regulation specialists from around the world. Caroline is listed as a 'Next Generation Partner' in the Legal 500 UK and as 'Up and Coming' in Chambers Financial Services: Non-Contentious Regulatory rankings.

Partner since 2019