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Aidan Campbell
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Aidan Campbell

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Aidan Campbell is a partner in the Financial Services and Products Group with over 25 years of experience of the regulation of financial services in the UK.

Aidan has a broad range of expertise in financial services regulation and works with a wide range of financial services institutions, including: insurers, banks, asset managers, investment funds, friendly societies, platform providers and financial advisors, to deliver practical solutions and achieve ambitious goals and challenges, both in terms of product innovation and distribution, in a highly technical and complex area which is constantly evolving.

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    CMS ‘provides excellent advice, leveraging its significant industry knowledge and experience’. .. sizeable cross-office team ………
    Legal 500
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    The key contacts on the retail funds side are … and the ‘commercially focused’ Aidan Campbell
    Legal 500

Relevant experience

  • The sale of Virgin Money's banking subsidiary, Church House Trust and a related intra group transfer of a deposit book.
  • The acquisition of Newton’s private client business by Standard Life Wealth.
  • A number of distribution agreements between RBS and Aviva relating to the distribution of a wide range of protection insurance policies and pension products.
  • Distribution arrangements for life insurance products together with associated back to back reinsurance treaties.
  • The transfer of a deposit book held under a white labelling arrangement.
  • An introducer arrangement between and a third party IFA for wealth customers requiring investment advice.
  • The acquisition of the Stocktrade share dealing business by Alliance Trust Savings.
  • Terms of business with financial advisors in respect of the distribution of a bank’s mortgage products.
  • The administration arrangements in respect of an existing Child Trust Fund book and new Junior ISA product offering.

Education

  • 1996 – Law, Dip LP, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
  • 1995 – Law, LLB Hons, University of Glasgow, Glasgow

Aidan Campbell is a partner in the Financial Services and Products Group and specialises in investment funds.

Aidan has over 25 years experience of advising on UK authorised and unauthorised funds including: fund development and launches; distribution; mergers, reorganisations and rationalisations; acquisitions and disposal of funds; and regulatory change events. 

Aidan is named as a leading individual in Legal 500.

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  • Quote
    CMS ‘provides excellent advice, leveraging its significant industry knowledge and experience’. .. sizeable cross-office team ………
    Legal 500
  • Quote
    The key contacts on the retail funds side are … and the ‘commercially focused’ Aidan Campbell
    Legal 500

Relevant experience

  • Numerous regulated fund launches, reorganisations, rationalisations and fund acquisitions and disposals, including schemes of arrangement by Investment Managers and Life Companies.
  • Implementation of the Alternative Investment Funds Directive.
  • Implementation of the UK protected cell regime.
  • Implementation of the various updates to the UCITS Directive.
  • The launch of a range of innovative capital protected funds.

Education

  • 1996 – Law, Dip LP, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
  • 1995 – Law, LLB Hons, University of Glasgow, Glasgow

Aidan Campbell is a partner in the Financial Services and Products Group and specialises in the distribution of insurance products.  Aidan has a wide range of experience of advising insurers and distributors in respect of product development, distribution and regulatory change events including the FCA’s consumer duty.

Awards & Recognitions
01
  • Quote
    CMS ‘provides excellent advice, leveraging its significant industry knowledge and experience’. .. sizeable cross-office team ………
    Legal 500
  • Quote
    The key contacts on the retail funds side are … and the ‘commercially focused’ Aidan Campbell
    Legal 500

Relevant experience

  • Distribution agreements between RBS and Aviva relating to the distribution of a wide range of protection insurance policies and pension products.
  • Introducer arrangements between a bank and a leading professional services firm in relation to the distribution of a number of products, including home insurance, to that firm’s employees
  • Distribution arrangements for life insurance products together with associated back to back reinsurance treaties.
  • White labelled distribution agreements relating to life insurance products.
  • The extension and termination of a bank's distribution agreements with various insurers in respect of mortgage protection life insurance policies.

Education

  • 1996 – Law, Dip LP, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
  • 1995 – Law, LLB Hons, University of Glasgow, Glasgow