Specialising in regulatory and financial services work, Theodor has extensive experience acting for financial regulators, including the FCA and PRA, as well as regulated businesses and consumers. Frequently instructed by the FCA, recent instructions include the Equitable Life Scheme of Arrangement and the Royal London Scheme of Arrangement, as well as various Part VII insurance transfers of business. Theodor also has a broader regulatory and commercial practice, including having acted on both the multi-billion pound pieces of litigation to arise out of rights issues during the financial crisis, namely in the PCP v Barclays Bank litigation (acting for the SFO) and the RBS Rights Issue litigation (acting for RBS). Theodor also maintains a practice in civil recovery work under proceeds of crime legislation for the NCA.
Called 2009, Inner Temple; seconded to the FSA (2011) and FCA (2018)
French, Dutch.
COMBAR; FSLA; Bar Pro Bono Unit.
B.Sc. Economics, London School of Economics (2006)
M.S. Management Science, Stanford University (2007)
GDL, City University (2008)
M.St. International Relations, Cambridge University (2015)