Eve Ellis

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Eve Ellis is a partner in Ropes & Gray's asset management group specializing in financial services regulation.

Eve provides advice across a broad range of regulatory matters with a strong focus on fund regulation and has done so for over 20 years. Eve has particular expertise in advising on cross-border and complex global regulatory matters and projects, guiding clients through multi-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks and coordinating seamless solutions across different legal and regulatory regimes. In the latest edition of The Legal 500, clients describe Eve as "one of the market's most respected practitioners - approachable, pragmatic, and deeply committed to securing the best outcomes for clients." Clients comment that she "does well at explaining complex regulatory requirements in a simple, commercial manner." Eve also has an in-depth understanding of fund formation matters, allowing her to provide complex regulatory advice in context.

Experience

Eve regularly advises on issues relating to:

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive;
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive;
The market abuse regime;
Fund structuring;
The marketing of financial products;
Whether FCA authorization is required;
Financial crime;
The establishment of regulated businesses in the UK;
Change of control applications in the context of M&A and re-structuring transactions;
The interpretation of the FCA rules;
SFDR;
Taxonomy.

Credentials

Publications

Quoted, "How fund jurisdictions are gearing up," The Drawdown (December 2, 2024)
Co-author, “What to Expect for Private Capital Investment Funds in 2024,” Law360 (February 5, 2024)
Quoted, “ELTIFs Unlock Access to Europe’s Rich – LSEG LPC,” International Finance Review (January 4, 2024)
Quoted, “ICMA pushes back on greenwashing ‘overshoot,’” International Financial Review (October 13, 2023)
Quoted, “Investor Eyes Shift to European Watchdogs in Battle Against Greenwashing,” Net Zero Investor (June 19, 2023)
Quoted, “ESMA Provides Update on Greenwashing,” The Drawdown (June 7, 2023)
Quoted, “European Commission Provides SFDR Closure,” The Drawdown (April 24, 2023)
Quoted, “Retail Takes Centre Stage in Asset Management Overhaul,” IFLR (March 3, 2023)
Co-author, “Further EU and UK developments in financial crime regulation of cryptoassets,” Westlaw Today (August 17, 2022)
Quoted, “SFDR delay fosters uncertainty for EU asset managers,” IFLR (December 16, 2021)
Quoted, “European Union delays SFDR ‘level 2’ until January 2023,” ETF Stream (December 2, 2021)
Quoted, “SEC Unlikely To Mimic EU in ESG Rule,” Ignites (July 12, 2021)
Co-author, “SFDR: What investors really think,” Real Deals (June 16, 2021)
Featured, “Women Leaders 2021 Q&A - Eve Ellis - Ropes & Gray, United Kingdom,” IFLR1000 (May 6, 2021)
Quoted, “'Just wrong': Woodford demise sparks difficult questions for regulators,” Investment Week (October 21, 2019)
Quoted, “Equity Fund Suspension Prompts FCA Rethink On Illiquid Assets,” Law360 (June 14, 2019)
Quoted, “Regulatory questions to be asked as Woodford investors' capital value could 'plummet',” Investment Week (June 14, 2019)
Quoted, “Woodford affair shines spotlight on assets put in ‘trash’ bucket,” The Financial Times (June 7, 2019)

Presentations

Awards

Chambers UK – Financial Services: Non–Contentious Regulatory (2024-2026)
Legal 500 UK – Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Funds (2025-2026)
Legal 500 UK – Corporate and Commercial: Financial Services Non–Contentious Regulatory (2020, 2023-2026)
Legal 500 USA – Investment Fund Formation and Management: Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital) (2020)
The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom – Investment Funds (2021-2025)
IFLR 1000 – Financial Services Regulatory (2021-2025)
IFLR 1000 – Women Leaders (2021)
Who’s Who Legal – Private Funds: Regulatory Expert (2024)

Areas of Practice

Disclaimer

Ropes & Gray International LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in Delaware, United States of America and is a recognised body regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (with registered number 521000).