Bert
De Maeyer
Registered foreign lawyer
670123
Decision - Control of practice
Outcome: Condition
Outcome date: 19 June 2024
Published date: 20 June 2024
Firm details
Firm or organisation at time of matters giving rise to outcome
Name: Clifford Chance LLP
Address(es): Avenue Louise 65, box 2, 1050 Brussels
Firm ID: 447778
Outcome details
This outcome was reached by SRA decision.
Decision details
Mr De Maeyer's registration as an RFL is subject to the following conditions:
- Mr De Maeyer may not hold, receive, or have access to client money or act as a signatory on any client account.
- Mr De Maeyer may not be a manager or owner of an authorised body.
- Mr De Maeyer may not be a compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) or a compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) for any authorised body.
- Mr De Maeyer may be employed only in a role approved by the SRA.
In these conditions the terms are as defined in the SRA Glossary.
Reasons/basis
The above interim conditions are made under rule 3.2 of the SRA Regulatory and Disciplinary Procedure Rules, which states that at any stage an authorised decision maker may, pending a final decision by the SRA or the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, impose interim condition(s) on the practising certificate of a solicitor or the registration of an REL or RFL. We are satisfied that these conditions are necessary in the public interest or for the protection of the public.