Name
Caroline Hunter-Yeats
Job Title
Partner
Company
Simmons & Simmons
Speaker Bio
Caroline Hunter-Yeats, Partner at Simmons & Simmons, is a specialist financial markets litigator and contentious regulatory lawyer.
Caroline is recognised as a “leading adviser on FCA Consumer Duty matters”, having co-led Simmons’ implementation work on the Consumer Duty with over 150 clients. She is currently advising firms on their supervisory engagement with the FCA, as well as on-going embedment.
Caroline has worked on a large number of redress schemes over her career and has recently supported two major financial institutions on their responses to the HMT and FCA consultations on the reform of the Financial Ombudsman Service and modernising the redress system.
Caroline is well known for her gravitas with senior individuals, tact in sensitive investigations, forthright analysis and straight-talking when needed. She has been noted in the UK directories as being "absolutely first-rate", and "a stand-out partner who adds value.’
Caroline is recognised as a “leading adviser on FCA Consumer Duty matters”, having co-led Simmons’ implementation work on the Consumer Duty with over 150 clients. She is currently advising firms on their supervisory engagement with the FCA, as well as on-going embedment.
Caroline has worked on a large number of redress schemes over her career and has recently supported two major financial institutions on their responses to the HMT and FCA consultations on the reform of the Financial Ombudsman Service and modernising the redress system.
Caroline is well known for her gravitas with senior individuals, tact in sensitive investigations, forthright analysis and straight-talking when needed. She has been noted in the UK directories as being "absolutely first-rate", and "a stand-out partner who adds value.’