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Rosalyn Breedy works with financial services entrepreneurs and wealth management clients, offering corporate, financial services and commercial advice. A partner at Simons Muirhead Burton until 2022, she is now in her own firm, Breedy Henderson.

She has advised the founders of a new litigation fund on regulation concerning the promotion of financial products in the UK and has provided advice on the rise of digital assets. She also acts on outsourcing and due diligence for potential acquisitions and has a keen interest in the development of new technology products and business models. With her clients based across the world, Breedy tells Spear’s she is ‘confident dealing in much of all the major jurisdictions’.

Breedy can also deal with defamation cases for large companies, and has experience handling finances for a wide range of asset classes.

Bringing an academic rigour to the legal world, Breedy is widely regarded as an authoritative and forward-looking figure in finance. She says: ‘If you want to do a deal, particularly if you want to do an innovative deal, being in London is the right place to do it.’

Adviser Profile

Rosalyn Breedy advises UHNWIs, family offices, founders and fund managers on complex advisory, transactions and governance matters across private and listed company environments. Her background gives her deep insight into how private capital, listed companies and regulated investment structures interact. A highly experienced corporate, funds and regulatory lawyer, she combines technical knowledge with strategic judgement, advising clients on high-value M&A, restructurings, joint ventures, fund formations, capital optimisation and multi-jurisdictional regulatory issues. She is an experienced non-executive director, bringing board-level insight to governance, risk and strategic decision making for private, listed companies and funds.

Her practice spans private markets, financial services regulation, cross-border corporate structuring and the governance of sophisticated family enterprises. Recent work includes a substantial healthcare joint venture, a £100 million plus family business restructuring, the international wind-down of a complex family structure and the creation of a UK-EU private investment syndicate platform.

Known for discretion and clarity in sensitive matters, Breedy is valued for bringing authority to complex negotiations and long-term strategic planning. She teaches private markets at Oxford’s Saïd Business School and contributes to thought leadership in governance and investor protection. She is sought after for helping UHNW families and founders navigate succession, governance change and capital‑market shifts. She brings a rare blend of commercial acuity and human insight.

What peers/clients say:

• ‘A strategic adviser of the highest calibre – calm, precise and commercially fearless.’
• ‘Exceptional on governance and multi-jurisdictional matters.’
• ‘Combines intellectual rigour with humanity and real-world judgement.’