Elizabeth Budd
Elizabeth Budd is a financial services regulatory partner with extensive expertise advising asset managers, fund managers, depositaries, wealth managers, fund distributors including platforms, and insurance companies on the constantly shifting landscape in the UK and EU.
On the funds side she has established UCITS and AIFs structured as unit trusts, open ended investment companies and limited partnerships, on-shore and off-shore. She has also advised extensively on the distribution of fund products.
Elizabeth has recently advised on perimeter issues, application for authorisation and variations of permission, regulatory implications of employment and LLP disputes in authorised firms, and on MiFID II. She has worked with a number of fund managers of authorised, unauthorised and listed funds to implement the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and on restructurings of investment funds. For insurance clients she has advised on Part VII transfers, reviewing policy documentation and broker terms.