Patricia advises on financial services regulation, supporting clients with licensing, compliance, governance and evolving regulatory obligations.

She has extensive experience supporting domestic and international clients on complex regulatory frameworks and compliance in financial services. She focuses on delivering practical, risk-focused solutions across multiple jurisdictions. Patricia helps clients in relation to:

Entering new markets, including regulatory registration and authorisation requirements, filings and cross-border compliance requirements
Conduct of business requirements
Anti-money laundering and sanctions
Compliance frameworks and trainings
Regulatory inspections and audits

Experience and recent work

Prior to joining Walkers, Patricia held senior regulatory and legal services roles with leading international regulatory consulting and professional services firms, advising investment funds and financial services firms on domestic and cross-border regulatory compliance, governance and licensing matters. Her work included advising clients, such as asset managers, financial services firms and investment funds on the legal and regulatory requirements concerning cross-border provision of services and offering of products.

Qualifications

Admitted in:

Ireland
Germany

Education:

First State Examination in Law, University of Cologne
LLM International Commercial Law, University College Dublin
Second State Examination in Law, State Judicial Examination Office North Rhine-Westphalia
Diploma in Finance Law, Law Society of Ireland