Julia Dixon > Kirkland & Ellis International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
30 ST MARY AXE
LONDON
EC3A 8AF
England
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Work Department

Investment funds

Position

Julia is an experienced financial services regulatory partner who advises clients on contentious regulatory investigations and proceedings, non-contentious advisory matters and transformational projects and transactions.

Her broad advisory practice means that Julia regularly advises on authorisation, licensing and permission requirements for firms, the establishment of compliance programmes and arrangements for monitoring and testing, and regulatory issues and compliance with UK/EU regulation, including the promotion and marketing of financial products, conduct of business, conflicts of interest, client money and assets, market abuse and insider dealing.

Julia has worked extensively with Boards, non-executive directors and executive management teams, advising on governance matters, the design and assurance of systems and controls, and oversight and implementation of material regulatory change programmes. She has worked closely with a number of institutions across the banking, insurance and asset management sectors to implement and embed the requirements of the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime. Her contentious regulatory experience combined with time spent on secondment gives her unparalleled insight into regulatory expectations and how practically to satisfy these.

She has counselled and acted for numerous clients in connection with FCA/PRA approval interviews for senior managers, FCA/PRA supervisory visits or requests for information, s166 Skilled Person reviews, internal investigations and regulatory enforcement investigations and/or inquiries undertaken by the FCA, PRA, Lloyd’s of London, ESMA and other overseas regulators. Julia has represented clients on a range of issues including authorisation requirements, conduct of business, conflicts of interest, culture, management systems and controls and non-financial misconduct.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory

(Leading partners)

Julia Dixon – Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Housing an ‘unrivalled bench of leading partners’, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP counts private equity firms, alternative investment funds, fund managers and investment advisers among its key roster of clients. Practice leader Lisa Cawley’s wide-ranging experience includes handling the financial services regulatory aspects of high-end transactions, while Julia Dixon advises clients on a range of regulatory mandates and compliance with UK and EU regulation.  Adam Skinner focuses on regulatory issues arising within the private investment fund sector. Deirdre Haugh is another key contact in the group.

London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious

Leveraging the firm’s market-leading transactional offering in the private equity space, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP provides ‘practical and commercially-oriented advice’ to some of these clients, and their associated portfolio companies, on any contentious regulatory issues that may arise. The team is, however, by no means limited to this segment of the market and handles complex internal investigations on non-financial misconduct issues. The ‘very client friendly and uber responsive’ Julia Dixon has been pivotal to the firm’s success since joining several years ago from Linklaters LLP, combining both contentious and broader regulatory advisory prowess. Marcus Thompson co-heads the team alongside Dixon and provides ‘commercially very astute advice’ to clients on business-related criminal matters, including anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and corruption.