Sushil Kuner

Sushil leads our Financial Services Regulatory practice in the UK and is based in the London office of Freeths. She advises on all aspects of financial services regulatory law, having spent eight years working in a range of senior roles within the Supervision and Enforcement Divisions of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and a further seven years undertaking both contentious and advisory work at international law firm, Gowling WLG. 

Sushil’s FCA experience includes overseeing Skilled Persons on large-scale redress exercises involving millions of customers, leading on thematic visits in the wealth management sector (including in the FCA’s ‘Suitability’ review) and being a lead investigator and case lawyer in high-profile Enforcement investigations.

Clients truly benefit from Sushil’s extensive insight into the operations, decision-making and strategic priorities of the FCA and her ability to navigate sensitive discussions with regulators. She is recognised for providing pragmatic advice in the most complex situations on a broad range of contentious and advisory financial services regulatory issues to a range of clients including asset managers, banks, pension schemes, AIM and FTSE listed companies, global tech companies, VC/PE houses, FinTech firms and firms operating in the cryptoasset sector.

This includes advising on the interpretation and application of complex UK and EU financial regulations, including AIFMD, MiFID, PRIPPS, MAR, SFDR, the Payment Services Regulations 2017 and the Consumer Credit Act 1974, perimeter guidance, breach notifications to the FCA, financial promotions, the Consumer Duty and Senior Managers Regime, changes in control, FCA authorisation and variation of permission applications and contested enforcement cases. 

Memberships

• Member of Law Society