England - London • Dispute resolution
Fieldfisher
The sizeable professional discipline team at Fieldfisher represents over 40 regulators from the healthcare, sports, surveying, police, finance, and legal services sectors. The team additionally acts for higher education institutions that provide study courses on the regulated professions. The 'outstanding' regulatory group co-head Sarah Ellson is particularly focused on healthcare and life sciences-related matters, while Matthew Lohn is experienced in advising regulators on their registration and discipline functions. At associate level, senior Frankie Everitt is experienced in professional regulatory cases; Olivia Rogers acts for regulatory bodies, as well as businesses that operate within regulated sectors; and regulatory solicitor Chloe Williams focuses on the healthcare, life sciences and legal services segments. In a boost to the team, barrister Martin Sleight joined the firm in December 2022 as senior associate, his career including working at the GMC as a senior lawyer on regulatory reform.
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‘Sarah Ellson is outstanding - very smart, knowledgeable, and with great judgment.’
Key clients
- General Medical Council
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
- General Dental Council
- Teaching Regulation Agency
- Council for Licensed Conveyancers
- General Optical Council
- Taxation Disciplinary Board
- Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
- Bar Standards Board
- Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA)
Work highlights
- Advising the new Creative Industry Independent Standards Authority on the establishment of a new body and its investigative powers and procedures.
- Assisting the Council for Licensed Conveyancers with its disciplinary hearings.
- Acting for the General Medical Council on an ongoing basis.
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Practice head
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Sarah Ellson