Gregg Beechey
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
Contact number
+44.20.7972.9172Share profile
Band 3
About
Provided by Gregg Beechey
Practice Areas
Regulatory specialist who focuses on alternative investment funds and the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). He counsels a range of financial sector clients in connection with issues related to financial promotion, authorization and ongoing compliance, structuring and marketing, regulatory capital, agreements with customers and service providers, anti-money laundering and Financial Conduct Authority regulation generally.
Career
Joined Fried Frank in 2015.
Professional Memberships
Invest Europe (EVCA) Financial Services and Regulatory Working Group; IMC section of the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Society of the UK; Financial Markets Law Committee, Regulatory Equivalence Working Group; Financial Markets Law Committee, Brexit Advisory Group; and is a former member of the Financial Conduct Authority's Technical Consulting Group on the AIFMD Depositary Provisions.
Publications
AIFMD Review - ESMA’s proposals to the European Commission
European Supervisory Authorities Launch Consultation on Disclosure Regulation
The Disclosure Regulation and wider ESG regulatory developments in the EU
Personal
LL.B, University College London (1997); LPC, BPP University Law School (2000).
Chambers Review
UK
Gregg Beechey of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson works with numerous leading investment firms on diverse regulatory matters, and his recent experience includes a particular focus on issues of fund formation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Gregg particularly stands out for his great solutions. He is good on complicated and cross-border matters."
"Gregg is an excellent and highly experienced lawyer. He has built an excellent team of lawyers who are a pleasure to work with and deliver very good quality work."
"Gregg is a great asset. His advice is constantly practical and commercial, while his knowledge of the regulatory environment is excellent."
"Gregg particularly stands out for his great solutions. He is good on complicated and cross-border matters."
"Gregg is an excellent and highly experienced lawyer. He has built an excellent team of lawyers who are a pleasure to work with and deliver very good quality work."
"Gregg is a great asset. His advice is constantly practical and commercial, while his knowledge of the regulatory environment is excellent."