JESS WARD-ZINSKI advises financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, and payment services firms on UK and EU financial services regulatory issues. Her main areas of focus include:
- The EU and UK regulatory frameworks for securitizations, advising a range of financial institutions, asset managers, and securitization sponsors on structuring transactions for compliance with the EU/UK securitization frameworks and the classification of transactions as securitizations.
- EU/UK anti-money laundering compliance matters.
Jess trained and qualified as a solicitor in Sidley’s office in London, where she gained experience with the firm’s global finance, financial services regulatory, and investment funds practices. As part of her training contract, she completed a secondment to a UK-based private equity firm, where she assisted with compliance and regulatory matters.