by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-15 | Our Thinking
background On 30 November 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a Consultation Paper (the “Consultation Paper”) CP22/24 on proposals to broaden access to financial advice for mainstream products. These proposals are part of the FCA’s wider...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-09 | Our Thinking
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) recently published a Consultation Paper on the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels, aims to tackle greenwashing as part of the growing need for sustainability-related...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-06 | Awards, Our News
We are delighted to announce that Leela, Fair Managing Director EMEA, has been nominated for Lawyer of the Year at the forthcoming Modern Law Awards. The Modern Law Awards aim to identify and celebrate the very greatest talent and success stories in the UK legal...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-02 | Our News, Recruitment
As part of our ‘Meet the Team’ series, we are delighted to feature Antonia Manti, from our Legal team who celebrates her first anniversary with Cleveland & Co this week! Antonia has had an eventful first year with us; she was our first person to...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-02 | Our Thinking
On 31 July 2023, the FCA’s new Consumer Duty comes into force. The Consumer Duty sets higher standards of consumer protection across retail financial services and represents what the FCA terms a “paradigm” shift in its expectations of firms. The Consumer Duty...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-02-01 | Our Thinking
Following on from our previous article on the FCA’s Consultation Paper on the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and investment labels, please subscribe below to access our handy print and keep guide for all the key information you need to know about the...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-24 | Our News, Recruitment
As part of our ‘Meet the Team’ series, we are delighted to feature Sonica Choudhary, our HR adviser who celebrates her first anniversary with Cleveland & Co this week! To celebrate Sonica’s first year with us, we sat down to ask her a few...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-23 | Our News
We were delighted to be named a finalist in The Next 100 Years photography competition. The Next 100 Years are an organisation who are dedicated to achieving equality for women in law. The photography competition’s mission was to celebrate ‘The Way We...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-23 | Us in the Press
Following on from our earlier announcement in relation to Cleveland & Co being selected as one of a handful of law firms that have been appointed under the National LGPS Framework for Legal Services, we are delighted to say that news of our appointment has been...
by Victoria Smith | 2023-01-19 | Our Thinking
Recent changes to the EU’s standard contractual clauses (“New SCCs”) plus the UK addendum to the New SCCs means firms must review their current arrangements and determine whether replacement agreements are necessary before the 21 March 2024 deadline....
