Chris Ormond

Knowledge & Innovation Counsel, Goodwin

Chris Ormond is Knowledge & Innovation Counsel in Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds practice. She joined the firm in October 2022 and works closely with the Private Investment Funds team to provide legal, regulatory and practical insight that supports the delivery of high‑quality, consistent advice to clients.

Chris partners with lawyers across the practice to share best practices, develop and curate technical know‑how, and facilitate a joined‑up approach to knowledge management across the funds platform. Her role focuses on enhancing efficiency, consistency and commercial insight across fund structuring, formation and ongoing operational matters. She is also actively involved in the development and deployment of legal technology and generative AI solutions within the funds practice, helping lawyers use these tools in a practical, risk‑aware way to enhance drafting, analysis and knowledge sharing.

She has particular expertise in real estate funds and related regulatory issues.

Contributed to

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FCA’s ESG sourcebook—essentials

Practice Notes

This Practice Note summarises the climate-related disclosure requirements for asset managers, life insurers and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-regulated pension providers set out in the FCA Handbook—ESG sourcebook. It covers, among other things, the asset managers and asset owners that are in scope of the rules; climate-related reports; the Task force on climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD) entity and product reports, group level disclosures and delegate reports. It also looks at the ESG sourcebook’s interaction with the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/2088) as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/852 (EU SFDR).

Financial Services

The FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and Labelling Regime: one minute guide

Practice Notes

This one minute guide provides a condensed summary of the key requirements of the UK Financial Services Authority (FCA)’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and Labelling regime.

Financial Services