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Elisabeth Bremner
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Elisabeth Bremner

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Elisabeth is a Partner in the Financial Services Regulatory team at CMS. She has more than 25 years’ experience representing financial institutions in cases involving both UK and overseas regulators, dealing with contentious supervisory interventions through to regulatory investigations and enforcement action. She is also frequently appointed as a trusted advisor to members of senior management when facing their own individual investigations.

She has significant experience in cases concerning insider dealing, market abuse, trader mis-marking and financial crime risks in the wholesale sector. Within the retail industry she has expertise in representing clients on cases relating to mis-selling, consumer redress programmes and complaints mishandling. Increasingly she advises on whistleblower investigations and provides support on implementing connected policies and frameworks. She has also advised and acted on high profile conduct issues in the SME corporate banking sector.

Elisabeth has previously spent time at a major bank where she managed the global retail internal investigations team. She has been appointed as a Skilled Person by both the PRA and FCA on various engagements. She also sits on The Investing and Savings Alliance (TISA) Consumer Engagement Policy Committee, helping the investment industry respond to regulatory change.

Elisabeth has been independently nominated an Acritas Star by in-house counsel in a global client survey. She is individually ranked in Chambers UK.

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    “She has a lot of experience in the area and a calm demeanour. She’s good at steering people through the process and looks out for their interests.”
    Chambers & Partners 2023
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    “She has a really bright and insightful way about her and how she looks at cases and deals with clients. She handles matters from a more creative angle.”
    Chambers & Partners 2022
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    “She's a truly outstanding lawyer: deeply knowledgeable, thoughtful, tenacious, collaborative and immensely hard-working.”
    Chambers & Partners 2021
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    "She is a pleasure to work with according to clients who highlight her ability to understand the big picture and all stakeholders’ perspectives, with tremendous grasp of the details and impressive knowledge."
    Chambers & Partners 2020
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    “She provides outstanding service, her attention to detail is remarkable and she is tenacious in pursuit of fair outcomes for her clients.”
    Chambers & Partners 2019
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    “Elisabeth Bremner is a ‘superstar’ in the regulatory matters we consult on with her”.
    IFLR 1000 Review 2016 – Financial and Corporate

Publications

  • A Practitioner’s Guide to Individual Conduct and Accountability in Financial Services Firms Thomson Reuters 2016
  • The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations GIR 2017 and 2018
  • Former editor of Butterworths Financial Regulation Service (DEPP)
  • Compliance Complete, The Insurers Compliance Handbook – Enforcement, Thomson Reuters online current
  • Compliance Complete, The Compliance Handbook – Internal Investigations, Thomson Reuters online

Education

1996 - Admitted as a Solicitor

1994 - Legal Practice Course: Commendation - College of Law Chester, Chester

1993 - BA (Hons) (Law) 2:1 - Durham University, Durham