Hugo Lodge
Specialist in AML, ESG and Financial Crime requirements. Experienced barrister, regulator and regulatory partner. Called to the Bar by Gray's Inn, 1998.
In private practice, advises on AML, targeted financial sanctions and related compliance for investment managers, fund entities, trust companies and banks in London, Cayman, Dubai, New York and Hong Kong. Experienced on anti-bribery & corruption requirements, and data protection.
Published academic author with Oxford University Press on Sanctions, AML and aspects of Counter-Terrorist Financing. Also wrote the Guide to the Criminal Finances Act 2017 for the Law Society of England and Wales. Expert in advising on corporate due diligence and reasonable preventative measures. Experienced jury and appellate advocate.
In the public sphere, prosecuted for the UK Department of BIS, and specialist CPS divisions, later practised at 7BR's complex fraud team. Worked at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (Retail Banking, Enforcement and Market Oversight division as well as leading role at OPBAS, the AML team supervising the UK legal sector). Gave evidence as part of the UK delegation to the FATF evaluation in 2018. Helped with Cayman Islands response to its 2019 mutual evaluation.
Offshore, admitted as an Attorney in the Cayman Islands February 2019. Appointed as Partner in the Regulatory and Financial Services group of Maples and Calder in 2019. Admitted as an Advocate before the DIFC Courts in 2022. Advised the Cayman Islands Government on establishing an AML regulator for attorneys. Head of the Digital Economy Court practice group at Al Tamimi. Advocacy experience (written and oral) in regulatory enforcement cases.