Nicholas Colston
Regulatory Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Nick Colston is a partner in the Simmons & Simmons financial services regulation practice in London. Nick specialises in advising buy-side firms on all aspects of the UK and EU regulatory regimes. Nick’s primary focus is advising alternative fund managers (both in the UK and globally) on regulatory issues including EU law, compliance with the FCA Rules, client documentation, compliance policies and procedures, anti-financial crime requirements and cross-border business. Nick is at the forefront of advising on the impact of regulatory change on fund managers, including MiFID 2, AIFMD, MAR, and the Short Selling Regulation. He is advising widely on the implementation of MiFID 2 in the UK and EU, including carrying out scoping and impact analysis work for many leading asset management firms, advising on business changes and processes, and drafting updated documentation.
Caroline Donald
Managing Legal Counsel, First State Investments
Caroline Donald is Managing Legal Counsel for First State Investments (FSI). In her role Caroline is responsible for advising on FSI’s global funds including the US, Singapore, UK, Irish and Luxembourg ranges. She is also responsible for the legal aspects of any regulatory implementation work and employment, litigation, IP or IT or fixed income/ derivatives related matters within the global jurisdictions in which FSI operates and sits on various management committees. Caroline joined FSI in February 2016 from Goldman Sachs International where she had worked for thirteen years. She qualified at Slaughter and May and has also worked in Madrid.
Stephen Hanks
Manager of MiFID Co-Ordination, Financial Conduct Authority
Stephen Hanks worked on the original negotiations on MiFID whilst at HM Treasury. He then joined the FCA’s predecessor organisation at the end of 2006 since when he has worked mainly on wholesale markets issues, including sitting on a number of ESMA task forces and working groups. Stephen co-ordinated the FCA’s work on the negotiations on the revised MiFID framework legislation and is now involved in the FCA’s work on implementation.
Ryan Taylor
Group Compliance Officer, Brevan Howard
Ryan Taylor is a partner and Group Head of Compliance for Brevan Howard. Ryan is also a member of the AIMA Council, as well as a number of the AIMA policy groups and is also a member of the joint AIMA/MFA Global Steering Group. Prior to joining Brevan Howard in September 2011, Ryan was a Director in the compliance department at Barclays Capital (2002 - 2011), during which he had compliance oversight of a number of different business areas and offices. Prior to Barclays Capital, for the period 1997-2002, Ryan was an Associate at the Bank of England having joined the Bank on the graduate program; his role later moved to the FSA when banking supervision was transferred to that organisation. During this period at the FSA, Ryan moved to the team in the Markets and Exchanges Division that was responsible for the implementation of the first UK market abuse regime and he was one of the UK representatives to the Forum of European Securities Commissions ("FESCO") team that advised in relation to the scope and implementation of the first EU Market Abuse Directive. While at the FSA he was also seconded to the UK Takeover Panel.
Penny Miller
Regulatory Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Penny is a partner in the Simmons & Simmons financial services regulation practice in London. Penny specialises in a wide range of UK and EU regulatory matters focussing on advising financial institutions and asset manager clients on the impact of current and future regulation including advising extensively on the senior managers' regime, EMIR, MAR, MiFID2 and related regulatory issues which affect products and transactions. Penny also advises clients on the ongoing global regulatory reforms. Penny is involved in navigator - the Simmons & Simmons online regulatory subscription service which provides information in relation to over 100 jurisdictions - her key focus is on navigator: securities and navigator: derivatives. Penny regularly presents to clients on key aspects of current regulatory change and is closely involved in trade association discussions and responses to EU and other regulatory bodies. Penny joined the firm as a trainee and qualified in 1997.
