Calum is Gough Square’s current pupil and is undertaking his first six. He is an experienced regulatory lawyer having previously worked as a prosecutor for the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England / Prudential Regulation Authority. In addition to financial services regulation and enforcement, Calum has significant expertise in professional conduct and disciplinary law and administrative and public law. He is currently building his experience across all of Chamber’s practice areas.
Calum initially practised as a solicitor (from 2015) at two of the leading international commercial law firms and the Bank of England where he focused on contentious regulatory matters and financial services litigation.
He was called to the Bar in 2022 whilst a Lead Associate in the specialist legal team for Enforcement at the Financial Conduct Authority. As an employed barrister at the FCA, Calum acted as sole advocate for the FCA in proceedings before the Upper Tribunal and on several of the most high-profile financial services investigations and enforcement actions of recent years. Additionally, Calum helped establish the FCA’s Pro Bono Group and his extensive pro bono work has been recognised by Advocate [LINK].
Calum studied Law at the University of Cambridge where he was the Pomona-Downing Scholar (one of the largest undergraduate scholarships awarded by the university which provided for a year’s tuition at a leading liberal arts college in the United States).
Calum has previously taught part-time as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Law and is currently serving a three-year appointment as Clerk to the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service (the disciplinary body of the Bar of England and Wales).