Fiona Wilson

Of Counsel | Jersey

Financial Services and Regulatory

Overview

Fiona is Of Counsel in the Financial Services and Regulatory team. She specialises in providing advice to businesses on regulatory compliance including money laundering and terrorist financing issues, and competition law and data protection matters, as well as Jersey financial services regulation and regulatory investigations and enforcement matters. Fiona also provides advice on general corporate and commercial matters and mergers and acquisitions.

"I enjoy listening to my clients and using my legal skills and practical experience to help them implement a solution that works for them."

Experience

Fiona has broad experience in relation to all aspects of regulated financial services businesses, includig providing advice in relation to:

regulatory investigations
remediation programmes
AML/CFT matters
data protection; and
anti-bribery and corruption matters

as well as assisting with applications for licences, advising on corporate governance matters and assisting with acquisitions and due diligence. Fiona has also advised on sales and purchases of regulated and trading businesses, competition, regulatory applications and employment issues, and shareholder arrangements and restructurings of regulated and trading business groups.

Fiona has collaborated with our Private Clients and Trusts team to help clients put into place managed trust company arrangements, and private trust company structures, outsourcing arrangements and processes for transferring books of business. She has also advised on making notifications and obtaining consents in relation to suspicious activity reports, sanctions licences and advice as well as assisting with internal investigations in relation to fraud, suspicious transactions and anti-bribery and corruption.

Fiona's previous experience as in-house counsel, as a director of a financial services business and as a company secretary of a listed company helps her give advice that is practically focused.

Background

Fiona re-joined Collas Crill in September 2024 after taking a year out to act as company secretary of a listed utility company. She previously spent over 7 years with Collas Crill between 2016 and 2023.

Fiona qualified as a lawyer in Australia in 1997 and as Jersey Advocate in 2005 and has worked for leading Australian firms as well as another leading local Jersey law firm.

Fiona spent a number of years working in contentious dispute resolution, primarily in relation to trusts, bankruptcy and insolvency and professional negligence matters. Fiona has previously acted as in-house counsel at a large financial services company. During this time she sat on the risk and executive committees and provided advice and guidance in relation to the practical application of various aspects of the Jersey regulatory framework, risk management and corporate governance as well as assisting with integration of acquired businesses, claims management and other legal advice.