Lisa Cawley

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Kirkland partner Lisa Cawley has extensive experience in financial services regulation, gained over more than 20 years. Lisa regularly advises on: governance and other compliance arrangements to comply with changes in EU / UK financial services regulation, including MiFID II and PRIIPS; the establishment of new investment, banking and insurance businesses in the UK, and applications for FCA authorisation; and the establishment of compliance processes for investment businesses, and ongoing regulatory advice.

Contributed to

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EU AIFMD II—an overview of changes made to AIFMD and UCITS

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides an overview of Directive (EU) 2024/927 (AIFMD II) which will amend Directive 2011/61/EU (the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)) and Directive 2009/65/EC (the Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS) Directive, also known as UCITS IV.

EU Law

EU SFDR Regulatory Technical Standards—FAQs

Practice Notes

These Q&As answer some of the most frequently asked questions on the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (EU SFDR) (Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/852) regulatory technical standards (RTS). These Q&As cover, among other things, product classification; Article 8 characteristics; principal adverse impact (PAI) data collection; use of third-party data; human rights due diligence and impact on non-EU managers.

EU Law

Practice Area

Financial Services

Panel

Contributing Author

Experience

Slaughter and May (1991 - 2008)

Membership

Financial Conduct Authority’s AIFMD Group of Legal Experts
EVCA Public Affairs Executive Technical Group on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
Transatlantic Regulatory Lawyers Group