Holly is a Senior Associate on the Financial Services Disputes and Investigations Team, specializing in contentious regulatory matters and large-scale litigation.
Holly has a broad range of experience across contentious regulatory work and complex financial litigation. Holly has advised on a number of s.166 FSMA investigations covering a wide range of internal investigations relating to data breaches and financial crime and FCA enforcement proceedings. Holly also regularly advises on complex financial litigation matters covering breach of contract and negligence.
Holly has previously completed two year-long secondments to large financial institutions, which has provided invaluable experience of the legal issues that financial institutions face on a day-to-day basis and an awareness of the commercial issues that need to be considered.
Holly has recently acted on a number of matters for both corporate clients and individuals, including:
- conducting an internal investigation into the alleged misconduct of senior employees for a leading international bank, including those employees regulated by the FCA under the Senior Manager's Regime
- representing both companies and individuals in respect of FCA enforcement proceedings, including regarding a high profile data breach
- providing advice regarding regulatory notification requirements
an internal investigation into the suspected manipulation of rates - an internal investigation regarding systems and controls failings
- acting for a major national bank regarding its defense of misselling claims
- Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law, 2010-2011
- LLB (Hons) Law, College of Law, 2009-2010
- MA (Hons) Philosophy, University of St Andrews, 2004-2008