Gide Loyrette Nouel has announced that Lucy Frew has joined the London office to strengthen the firm’s financial services regulatory capability and to launch an investment funds practice.

Frew is a senior financial services lawyer who has worked exclusively with financial sector clients since 2001, both in private practice and as in-house legal counsel at a global financial services provider. Frew was called to the Bar in 1998 and practiced there until entering private practice in 2001. She has also spent eight months seconded to the UK Financial Services Authority.

Frew has expertise advising financial institutions on UK and European financial services regulation. She has frequently been involved in advising investment fund managers and advisers on establishing and obtaining regulatory authorisation for their businesses and on the regulatory frameworks relevant to their ongoing management. She has acted in a number of high profile contentious regulatory investigations and has a well-established track record in complex international litigation and alternative dispute resolution experience for financial institutions clients and their insurers.

Colin Mercer, Head of the London office commented: “We are delighted that Lucy has joined the team in London. This hire is part of our strategy to strengthen and broaden our regulatory and funds capabilities, areas where we are seeing increased activity and which are key to the continued growth of the London office. We believe Lucy’s significant experience in these areas will only benefit Gide as we look to grow this international practice group.”