With both contentious and non-contentious expertise, the team at Appleby is highly adept at handling a wide range of business and financial services regulation matters, including compliance, corporate governance, and regulatory and risk advisory work. This offering encompasses assistance with AML and ATF programmes, sanction compliance policies, the mitigation of money laundering and terrorist financing risks, and the obtainment of regulatory licences. Sally Penrose leads the regulatory practice alongside John Wasty, who also chairs the dispute resolution department. Penrose also heads up the firm’s legal focus group dedicated to driving legislative change, while Wasty’s client base consists of (re)insurers, captives, hedge funds, investment advisors, and financial institutions, and he supports them throughout investigations and enforcement actions.

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Key clients

  • Bermuda Monetary Authority
  • Aegon

Work highlights

  • Acted for the Bermuda Monetary Authority in seeking the compulsory winding up of the Wine Investment Fund Limited, an insolvent investment fund that was in significant breach of its regulatory obligations.
  • Acted as Bermuda counsel to the Aegon group in connection with its re-domiciliation of Aegon N.V. to Bermuda.

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Sally Penrose, John Wasty