Fraser Ross Email & Phone Number

Queensland, Australia

Consultant to Envato Pty Ltd, the world's leading online marketplace for creative assets and creative people. Provides legal and regulatory advice across a range of issues, including cross-border regulatory compliance, data privacy, technology transactions and corporate governance.

Queensland, Australia

• Executive role at a leading Australian FinTech company operating in the highly regulated consumer finance sector. Provided pragmatic leadership and advice that supported the strategic objectives of the business and.
• Solution-oriented legal advice. Delivered commercial and pragmatic advice to senior management, with a particular focus on technology and innovation, financial services, regulatory compliance, corporate transactions.
• Capital management. Established a securitised warehouse trust as part of a restructure of the group’s debt facilities, providing an enhanced ability to access institutional debt. Supported several successful equity and.
• Regulatory affairs. Responsible manager under two Australian Credit Licences. Successfully managed legacy compliance issues related to responsible lending and oversaw an extensive customer remediation program..
• FinTech and Technology. Provides legal, compliance and risk support to develop and integrate innovative new systems and bring emerging technologies and products to market.
• Senior executive and leader. Member of the executive team and leader of the legal, compliance and risk functions during periods of high regulatory scrutiny, significant financial instability and business turnaround.

Hong Kong

• Managed the legal team that supported all of the bank’s businesses in Hong Kong and provided regional APAC coverage (including for Australia) for the equities and investment banking businesses. Helped mitigate.
• Leadership. Managed a large in-house team. Proven ability to assemble, develop and retain the talent within the team. Member of the bank’s Global Legal Leadership Group and represented the legal function on management.
• Regulatory issues. Managed a series of complex disputes and regulatory issues. These issues were often highly sensitive and had the potential for significant reputational and financial consequences.
• Mergers and acquisitions. Supported the acquisition and disposal of key business units and assets. These disposals helped the bank achieve its strategic objectives of reducing the size of its balance sheet and building.
• Product and transactional experience. Structured and documented a wide range of complex financial products and cross-border transactions, including derivatives, capital markets transactions, managed investment schemes.

Bermuda

Senior lawyer in the firm’s Corporate and Financial Services Group. Acted for clients taking advantage of Bermuda’s tax neutrality and well-established legal system. Advised on the structure and establishment of hedge funds, trusts, partnerships and special purpose vehicles. Member of the Bermuda International Business Association’s committee on collective.

London & Hong Kong

Advised leading banks, financial institutions and trade associations on a wide range of legal and regulatory issues. Areas of expertise include included documenting and structuring derivatives and other innovative financial products, securitisations, investment funds and dealing with regulatory and licensing issues. Advised clients in relation to risk.

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.) And Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Graduate Diploma In Applied Finance And Investment

Education record