Kelesi Blundell

Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Kelesi is a partner in the HSF Kramer advisory Financial Services Regulatory practice and regularly advises some of the largest investment banks, retail banks, broker-dealers and financial market infrastructure (including central counterparties and clearing houses) on financial services regulation.

Kelesi has advised across a range of regulation and regulatory change in the financial services industry including Digital Assets, Payments, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements, Brexit, MiFID II, Market Infrastructure Regulation and Conduct of Business requirements. Kelesi also often provides regulatory support in corporate transactions.

Kelesi has been recognised as a "Next Generation Partner" in Legal 500 since 2024 and as "Up & Coming" in Chambers since 2025. She was also listed as a "Rising Star" in Legal 500 in 2022 and 2023 and by Law.com as one of 25 female "Rising Stars" across all practice areas in the City in 2022.

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Special resolution regime for central counterparties

Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Kelesi Blundell, Dr Ioannis Asimakopoulos and Eleanor Wagg of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, looks at the special resolution regime created for central counterparties by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023. In particular, it considers the eight stabilisation options, the Bank of England (BoE)’s powers pre-resolution, the BoE’s power to appoint a temporary manager, the special resolution objectives, the conditions for exercise of the stabilisation power, valuations, share transfer instruments, property transfer instruments and resolution instruments.

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