Poppie Bouch
Associate
Poppie specialises in UK financial services regulation and funds, advising firms on a wide range of transactional and advisory matters.
Associate
Poppie specialises in UK financial services regulation and funds, advising firms on a wide range of transactional and advisory matters.
Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales
Poppie is an associate in the London regulatory team at Stephenson Harwood LLP, where she works closely with the firm's corporate and funds teams. Her expertise is in UK financial services regulation, where she undertakes a range of work for a diverse client base, supporting clients through capital raisings, fund raisings and other product launches, corporate restructurings, M&A and challenges from the regulators, including the FCA.
Clients Poppie works with include credit institutions, global investment managers, listed investment trusts, private equity firms, corporate finance advisers and insurance distributors, as well as the investors and senior management of these firms.
Poppie's areas of work involve advising on various aspects of AIFMD, SDR, MiFID II, as well as parts of the FCA Handbook, UK regulatory perimeter, financial promotion regime, Consumer Duty, Senior Managers and Certification Regime and FCA notifications (including change in control analyses and FCA authorisations).
Poppie enjoys advising on ESG regulation from both UK and EU perspectives and has contributed to the development of market-leading expertise, supporting the first wave of listed funds in adopting an FCA sustainability investment label.
Investment Trust - Adopting an FCA sustainability investment label
Advising on the implementation of the FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labelling regime. The fund successfully joined the first wave of funds to use an SDR label.
Advising on ESG disclosures
Advising a large REIT on the reporting and disclosure obligations under the FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) and investment labelling regime.
Legal support for a range of UK regulatory and compliance matters
Supporting a global asset management firm on a range of UK regulatory and compliance matters, including advising on the regulatory business plan, FCA perimeter issues, client categorisation, retail distribution strategies, the Consumer Duty and the Senior Managers and Certification Regime.
M&A regulatory support and FCA change in control analyses
Advising a range of firms (including insurance distributors, IFAs and credit institutions) on the regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructurings, including change in control analyses and FCA notifications.
Regulatory advice under the AIFMD
Advising a number of firms on the marketing of investment funds (mainly closed-ended and AIFs) in the UK in accordance with the AIFMD.
Advising on the perimeter of payment services and e-money regulations
Producing technical advice to a multinational sports manufacturing corporation on the perimeters of UK payment services and e-money regulation.
Advising on fund retail distribution strategies and the Overseas Funds Regime
Advising a global asset management firm in relation to its fund retail distribution strategy in the UK and the marketing of French, Irish and Luxembourg UCITS, including advising on the regulatory requirements under the Overseas Funds Regime.
Advising on the closure of an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) legal services firm
Advising on all regulatory aspects of the legal firm's closure to ensure compliance with statutory and SRA obligations, including advising on firm closure obligations under the SRA Code of Conduct.
