Chloe Kearns

Chloe Kearns
Of Counsel

The Scalpel

London, United Kingdom EC3M 7AF

ckearns@mofo.com

+44 (0)20 7664 1609

INDUSTRIES + ISSUES

Fintech

Government Strategies

BAR ADMISSIONS

England & Wales

EDUCATION

University of Durham, B.A.

BPP Law School, G.D.L.P

BPP Law School, L.P.C.

University of Law, Moorgate

Chloe advises clients on contentious regulatory and white collar crime matters, including internal and external investigations and enforcement proceedings involving the Financial Conduct Authority, Serious Fraud Office and other UK and overseas authorities. She has advised financial institutions (including FinTech clients), corporates, and individuals on a wide range of regulatory and criminal issues, including market abuse, money laundering, bribery and corruption, fraud, mis-selling, governance and cultural issues and regulatory reporting obligations. She has also acted on high-profile commercial litigation arising out of contentious regulatory matters.

Chloe has a particular interest in the regulation of cryptoassets in the UK and has recently advised on contentious issues arising in the context of applications for registration with the Financial Conduct Authority under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 and related matters. She also has experience of advising clients on the implications of the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime and issues relating to fitness and propriety. 

Before joining Morrison Foerster, Chloe was an associate in the investigations and litigation team of a leading UK law firm, where she primarily focused on contentious financial services regulatory matters. She has undertaken secondments to the in-house litigation and regulatory enforcement team of a major European bank and the in-house legal team of a UK clearing house and trade repository.

Chloe was recommended for Financial Services: Contentious in the UK Legal 500 (2021), where she was recognized as “quite outstanding – extremely clever, an excellent lawyer, and massively hard working. A star of the future. She has also been mentioned in the UK Legal 500 (2023), where she was recognized as “absolutely superb…with a particularly deep knowledge of the financial services regulatory sphere; she’s immensely hard-working; she produces outstanding documents; and is utterly delightful to work with. She would be my first choice for a commercial associate on a tough case”.

Chloe studied English Literature at Durham University. She is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and is also a Solicitor-Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience (Criminal) in the courts of England and Wales. 

Rankings

Recommended for Risk Advisory: Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)

Legal 500 UK 2024-2025