21 October 2010
Nick Eastwell is joining the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) next month as chief adviser on City law firms.
Nick joins the SRA team from Linklaters, where he spent 29 years as partner. In his new role he will advise the SRA executive and its board on issues connected with the regulation of City law firms.
He will also be helping the SRA to understand and work with non-City firms which use complex funding approaches. SRA chairman Charles Plant says: “It is essential that we have a full understanding of the issues which arise in all sectors of the solicitors’ profession, and that there is mutual confidence between the profession and the regulator. Nick is uniquely qualified for this role.”
