Sarah Simpson

She has experience advising on development of new products for banking clients as well as large scale rectification projects. She also advises on regulatory authorisations, permission reviews, individual approvals, day-to-day compliance with regulatory requirements and legal and regulatory developments.  Sarah has spent time working in-house on full-time and part-time secondments for a large clearing bank and a fintech client where she gained invaluable insights and advised on number of regulatory matters including compliance with regulatory regimes, reviews of product terms and conditions and complete documentation reviews.

• Acted for pursuer lender in large professional negligence claim against solicitor firm resulting from mortgage fraud over a portfolio of properties, negotiating successful settlement for the client.
• Whilst on secondment for a large lender client, Sarah represented the client at a Scottish Government consultation process for development of new policy.
• Principal legal consultant on a high profile rectification project for key banking client.