Simon Sutcliffe

Simon Sutcliffe is a financial services regulatory lawyer and consultant at Keystone Law, London. He specialises in non-contentious FSR work, advising asset managers, banks, brokers, and fund sponsors across a broad range of regulatory matters including FCA authorisations, AIFM structuring, ISDA and GMRA negotiation, CASS compliance, MiFID/EMIR, Consumer Duty, and financial promotion frameworks. Simon has advised on UCITS and AIF fund structures throughout his career, with experience spanning fund establishment, marketing and distribution, depositary and trustee arrangements, investment management agreements, and regulatory compliance. He has held in-house legal positions at BlueBay Asset Management, Macquarie Funds Group, BlackRock, Permal Investment Management, and BNY Mellon, and has practised at Keystone Law since 2016.