Lucy Frew
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Financial Services: Regulatory
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About
Provided by Lucy Frew
Practice Areas
Lucy Frew is a partner based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and heads the Global Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group. She joined in 2016 and brings more than 20 years' experience as a specialist financial regulatory and risk management lawyer. As well as having advised financial institutions in private practice in international law firms in London since 2001 (prior to which she practised as a barrister) Lucy also has in-house experience as legal counsel at a global bank and in the Enforcement Division at the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom.
Lucy's clients are financial institutions across the international and domestic spectrum, including a range of banks, investment funds, administrators, investment managers, advisers, broker-dealers, exchanges and insurance sector clients. She has also advised extensively on fintech and virtual assets since 2013.
Most of Lucy’s matters have a cross-border element and she frequently advises clients on the regulatory impact offshore of international regulatory and tax related initiatives of the FATF, OECD and EU.
Professional Memberships
Lucy serves on many boards and committees with a focus on regulation, risk management, corporate governance, beneficial ownership, remuneration, financial crime and cyberattack prevention, data protection, international transparency, investment funds, FinTech and Cayman Finance's Innovation Lab.
Chambers Review
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Lucy Frew heads Walkers' global regulatory and risk advisory practice. She is highly sought after for her extensive experience assisting with regulatory impact assessments, as well as advising on compliance with AML regulations, sanctions, the OECD’s economic substance requirements and GDPR. Her clients include banks, insurers and asset managers, as well as fintech companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lucy Frew has an incredible depth of understanding about Cayman regulations and how they are applied in the market. Her responses are always thoughtful, on-point and easily consumed by non-attorneys."
"Lucy is a pleasure to work with. She is responsive, commercially aware and up to speed on the latest sanctions developments in the Cayman Islands. She provides pragmatic, actionable advice."
"She is highly responsive and provides an in-depth analysis of our regulatory needs. She is able to clearly articulate CIMA's requirements and guidance in a practical manner, outlining our options, and following through for timely completion of all items."
"Lucy has encyclopaedic knowledge, is very easy to work with and knows how to explain complex regulatory matters to clients."
"Lucy Frew has an incredible depth of understanding about Cayman regulations and how they are applied in the market. Her responses are always thoughtful, on-point and easily consumed by non-attorneys."
"Lucy is a pleasure to work with. She is responsive, commercially aware and up to speed on the latest sanctions developments in the Cayman Islands. She provides pragmatic, actionable advice."
"She is highly responsive and provides an in-depth analysis of our regulatory needs. She is able to clearly articulate CIMA's requirements and guidance in a practical manner, outlining our options, and following through for timely completion of all items."
"Lucy has encyclopaedic knowledge, is very easy to work with and knows how to explain complex regulatory matters to clients."
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