Rebecca Kellner

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Rebecca is an associate in the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe financial services regulatory team and provides advice on a broad range of financial regulation. She works with a number of regulated companies and financial institutions in different spaces, including banks, brokers, advisors, e-money institutions, payment services providers and consumer credit firms.

Typical work includes advising on issues relating to authorisation, structuring, outsourcing, systems and controls, conduct of business, financial resources, market abuse, EU directives, promotion and distribution of investments, money laundering, payment services and consumer credit.

She is particularly active in the Fintech space and provides advice for clients ranging from peer to peer lending platforms, challenger banks, app-payment providers, robo advisers as well as those working with blockchain and cryptoassets.

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Consumer credit agreements—pre-contract requirements

Practice notes

This Practice Note examines pre-contract disclosure in consumer credit agreements under the disclosure regulations made under section 55 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA 1974), together with regulatory requirements encapsulated in Chapter 4 of the FCA’s Sourcebook on Consumer Credit (CONC 4).

Financial Services

Exempt consumer credit agreements under the FSMA 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001

Practice notes

This Practice Note seeks to explain the types of agreements which will be exempt agreements under the FCA’s consumer credit regime. This Practice Note also provides an overview of exempt consumer hire agreements and exempt agreements entered into by local authorities.

Financial Services