Julie Matheson

Partner, Kingsley Napley. Julie’s expertise lies in advising professionals and professional services firms on regulatory compliance, investigations, and enforcement proceedings, including a focus on sexual misconduct in the workplace issues. She has particular expertise in advising auditors and audit firms in proceedings brought under the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Audit Enforcement Procedure (AEP); accountants and accountancy firms in respect of issues with their regulation by the FRC, ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA or CIMA; insolvency practitioners in respect of IPA or ICAEW interventions; and built environment professionals and firms in relation to issues with professional bodies including RICS and ARMA. Julie also has significant experience in advising the buyer or target in mergers, acquisitions, and private equity transactions in the accountancy market. She has worked on some of the most high-profile transactions in the market in recent years, in which she assesses the regulatory compliance of corporate structures, carries out regulatory due diligence, and advises on transactional and governance documents to ensure that they are compliant with the ICAEW’s and FRC’s regulatory requirements.