Elizabeth Budd
Partner
Elizabeth is a Financial services regulatory partner with extensive expertise advising asset managers, fund managers, depositaries and insurance companies on the constantly shifting landscape in the UK and EU.
Elizabeth's experience
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Advised leading crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer, on the FCA's approval of their prospectus for issuing cryptocurrency-linked exchange traded notes (cETNs) to both professional and retail investors in the UK. This marked the first retail cETN programme approved by the FCA since it officially lifted its four-year ban on retail access to crypto ETNs in early October 2025.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised a UK-based wealth management group on negotiating Model B clearing and adviser as a platform agreements.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised a newly FCA authorised investment management firm, on drafting terms of business for different services and client onboarding documentation to ensure compliance with UK regulatory requirements.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised a UK-based wealth management firm on compliance with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements, which set out rules for transparent reporting of sustainability-related information in financial products.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised LCN Capital Partners in their acquisition of 2 supermarket assets held in England and Wales through the acquisition of the asset holding vehicle, a Guernsey Property Unit Trust.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advised Zurich on the sale of its UK workplace pensions and savings business, with assets under administration of more than £15 billion and 500,000 customers, to Lloyds Banking Group. This transaction included a Part VII insurance business transfer and a multi-year exclusive distribution partnership for Zurich to provide group life protection solutions to certain corporate clients of Lloyds Banking Group’s Commercial Banking services.
- £15bn
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
Credentials
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2026Thomson Reuters Stand Out Lawyer
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2015Joined Pinsent Masons
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1997Speechly Bircham (now Charles Russell Speechlys), Partner
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1994Herbert Smith, Assistant
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1993London Borough of Lewisham, Lawyer
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1991Qualified - England and Wales
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1989Norton Rose, Trainee
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1988University of Bristol – LLB
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