Colin Shields spent a decade writing major regulations such as the Consumer Duty at the FCA and Bank of England, and advising in-house at the heart of the UK’s payment infrastructure—he wrote the rules that startups seeking FCA licensing must follow.

Today Colin channels that insider knowledge into RegClarity, a lean practice built for venture-backed innovators who need European scale without BigLaw overhead.

With a transatlantic background, Colin now bases RegClarity out of SantaMonica and can work for clients on-site where helpful throughout California.

RegClarity is a fully licensed California legal business, State Bar #326893.

Pay.UK Ltd., London—co-chaired development of a UK CBDC/”Digital Pound” blueprint with the Bank of England.
Bank of England—advised on banking, insurance and stablecoin rules at the British central bank, equivalent to the Federal Reserve.
Financial Conduct Authority, London—wrote and advised on major international regulatory priorities, including lead authorship of UK Consumer Duty, described as the “most important change to financial regulation in a decade”.
Notre Dame Law School—LLM
University of London—JD/LLM (equivalent), 1st in class
Cambridge University—BA
Colin maintains a keen interest in economic empowerment and community service, and has volunteered as a pro bono advisor with Public Counsel (Los Angeles), Citizens Advice Brighton (United Kingdom) and the Free Representation Unit (United Kingdom).

Colin Shields spent a decade writing major regulations such as the Consumer Duty at the FCA and Bank of England, and advising in-house at the heart of the UK’s payment infrastructure—he wrote the rules that startups seeking FCA licensing must follow.

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