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James Greig is a senior managing director, EMEA Regulatory Counsel and Head of the Office of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs for EMEA at BNY Mellon.

James is responsible for advising the Bank of New York Mellon on the legal issues arising from all EMEA regulatory matters and for leading BNY Mellon’s EMEA regulatory engagement and advocacy across the range of regulatory initiatives facing BNY Mellon’s European and Middle Eastern operations.  He a member of the European Operating Committee, and various of the senior risk and regulatory committees of  BNY Mellon (International) Limited, the company’s London based UK bank and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, the company’s Brussels based European bank.

James was formerly a partner in the Financial Services Regulatory Group of PwC in London, responsible for advising that firm’s financial services clients on a variety of issues, from contentious matters involving regulators across Europe, the design, management and delivery of major regulatory change projects driven by changing regulation and regulators’ requirements and situation specific advice on the application of financial services law to their businesses.    Prior to joining PwC, James was a partner in US Law firm WilmerHale, serving Wilmer’s clients on both buy-side and sell side from WilmerHale’s offices in New York.

James took his degree from University College, Oxford and qualified first as a Barrister, and then requalified as a solicitor while at Linklaters.