Tim Hailes

Tim Hailes
Alderman Timothy Hailes JP
Personal details
Born (1967-10-07) 7 October 1967
Dorchester, UK
Nationality United Kingdom British
Residence London, UK
Profession solicitor
Website www.timhailes.com

Timothy Russell Hailes (born 7 October 1967, Dorchester) is a Managing Director & Associate General Counsel in the Investment Banking Division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Central London Justice Area in March 2013 and elected Alderman for the Ward of Bassishaw in The City of London in May 2013.

Early life

Hailes was born in Dorchester, the son of David Hailes and his wife Blenda. He attended The Hampton School, Bristol Grammar School, and King's College London where he graduated with a B.A. (Hons) degree in History. Hailes is a Jelf medalist (1990) and served as a member of College Council and a sabbatical officer in KCLSU from 1988-89. Whilst at college he also served in a political capacity to two members of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet (William Waldegrave and Peter Walker) and was the National Student Chairman of a conservative student pressure group.

Career

Hailes spent six years in private practice, qualifying as a solicitor in 1995 with a City law firm and subsequently practising with a Wall Street law firm in their London office during which he was seconded to the trading floors of Natwest Financial Products plc and Union Bank of Switzerland.

In 1999 Hailes joined J P Morgan and is currently co-head of the Global Equities & Global Regulatory Reform Practice Groups of the Corporate and Investment Bank Legal Department and senior lawyer in the EMEA region for regulatory modernisation.[1]

Organisations

Hailes has served on a number of derivatives industry committees (including co-chairing the ISDA fund derivatives committee) and contributes to publications, particularly on developments in the equities markets and structured products sold to retail investors. He acted as a technical expert to the UK FSA 2009 Lehman review and has appeared before IOSCO standing committees, the European Commission, the Chinese Banking and Regulatory Commission and numerous other regulatory authorities on behalf of the financial services industry. He is currently the Chairman of the Joint Association Committee (co-sponsored by ISDA, SIFMA, afme and the ICMA) on Retail Structured Products (the "JAC").[2][3]

Hailes is a liveryman of the City of London Solicitors' Company, and the Worshipful Company of International Bankers, a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers a magistrate (Justice of the Peace) on the Central London bench and a member of The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).

Hailes was the Chairman of the London chapter of Pride from 2004 - 2011. Pride is an employee networking group for lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual employees at J P Morgan. He is also the EMEA diversity representative on the Legal Department Diversity Council.[4]

Hailes is a Life Governor of the RNLI, for which his father was Treasurer of the local lifeboat station in Weymouth.

Hailes is a governor of King Edward's School, Witley.

Committees

In his capacity as a member of the Court of Alderman and the Court of Common Council, he serves on the Community and Children's Services Committee, the Markets Committee and the Audit & Risk Committee of the City of London Corporation.[5]

Awards

In October 2014 Hailes was recognised by the Legal 500 UK and announced the in-house finance lawyer of the year,[6] in the same month he was included in the top 100 FT out and proud heroes of the business world.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "JP Morgan's Hailes to head up high-level risk group". Legal Week. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "BYlaw to host Equality & Diversity in the Professions event". Bristol Law Society. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "EU structured products reforms lack co-ordination, says industry". Risk.net. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "It's great to be gay in the City, say financial firms". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "FA dismissal: Edward Lord will still lead the way in UK sport". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tim Hailes finance individual winnder". Legalease. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "The 100 out and proud heroes of the business world who have risen above barriers to success". Ft.com. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "The top 100 LGBTI business leaders and straight allies revealed". Gay Star News. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
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