Kate Sumpter

She has also assisted a number of international banking institutions with designing and developing their legal entity structures. Kate is a core member of Allen & Overy’s Brexit team, working with clients to develop their Brexit plans. She recently led on the regulatory aspects of Allen & Overy’s mandate to advise HSBC on ring-fencing and operational continuity implementation.

Kate advises a number of banks and financial market infrastructure bodies (including payment systems) on regulatory matters and outsourcing arrangements. She regularly advises on all aspects of the bank recovery and resolution regime, including operational continuity aspects, and on the structuring of risk mitigation arrangements to ensure robustness insolvency and resolution. Kate has acted as a member of the Banking Liaison Panel, a working group established by HM Treasury to consider bank and investment failure, on behalf of ISDA.

Kate was recognised as “Best in Financial Regulation” at the Euromoney Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2019, is ranked as a “Leading Lawyer – Highly Regarded” in IFLR1000 and is listed as a Next Generation Partner by Legal500 UK 2021 for Financial Services Regulation.