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Bill Fuggle

Partner
Baker & McKenzie

Biography

Bill Fuggle is a partner in the Sydney office of Baker McKenzie where he is a leading adviser in innovative listed investment products, fintech and neobanks, financial services regulatory advice, fund formation and capital markets.

Practice Focus

Bill brings together his deep experience in the financial services industry with his subject matter expertise in financial services law to create legal solutions and structures that have helped drive forward the Australian financial products and capital markets landscape.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Bill is responsible for the design and structure of more innovative listed investment products than any other lawyer in Australia including gold bullion securities, XBT's and actively managed ETF's.

  • Bill acted on 2 of the 3 restricted ADI (RADI/banking licenses) granted to date by APRA in the neobank/fintech space.

  • Bill has acted on numerous domestic and cross border financial services and regulatory advices including for leading global banks and fund managers.

  • Bill is active in the capital markets space typically acting for fund managers or on mid-market IPOs as issuer counsel.

Admissions

  • New South Wales~Australia (1987)

Education

  • University of Sydney (LL.B.) (1986)
  • University of Sydney (Bachelor of Economics) (1984)

Languages

  • English