AML Update for Housing Associations

Topics Covered:

• New reporting obligations as “relevant firms” under financial sanctions regulations

Speakers:

Rachel Orgill-Harris, Partner, Banking, Governance & Corporate 

Rachel is a Partner in the Banking Team. She advises on a range of financial arrangements, including public bond issues, private placements, loan facilities, intra-group funding agreements, facility restructurings, group re-financings and interest rate derivatives.

Rachel’s primary specialism is advising issuers on multi-million pound public bond issues and bond programmes and additionally, she often acts for clients on their retained bond sales and EMTN programme updates.

Rachel also has significant experience in merger consents and refinancing having acted on the Southern Housing and Notting Hill Genesis amalgamations, amongst others.

Rachel also advises clients on anti-money laundering compliance.

Matthew Garbutt, Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Matthew is a Partner in our Litigation & Dispute Resolution team, enjoying a broad practice in civil and criminal disputes.

Matthew’s clients include companies, charities, Registered Providers, facilities managers, public sector service providers, and high net worth individuals. He works to untangle complex contractual disputes, including PFI and other public sector contracts, advising on termination, loss mitigation and contract management. More generally, Matthew acts in director and shareholder disputes, professional negligence, trust disputes, judicial review (including pensions), defamation, harassment, and debt recovery.

Matthew is heavily involved in complex cases concerning fraud and regularly undertakes internal investigations that lead to urgent interim relief applications such as freezing injunctions, and civil recoveries. Such work involves an element of reputation management and communications with stakeholders, regulators and insurers.