Christopher Rich is the General Counsel for the FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB), a standard setting body for the global wholesale fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) markets. Mr. Rich has overall responsibility for all FMSB Working Groups and their publications including Standards, Statements of Good Practice and Spotlight Reviews.
Chris joined the FMSB from Linklaters, where he was a Managing Associate in the Financial Regulation Group. In this role, Chris is responsible for advising FMSB executive management on all legal matters, as well as supporting FMSB members in the development of new Standards and Statements of Good Practice as well as managing all of the organisation’s legal and regulatory affairs.
Chris joined Linklaters in 2011 and worked with a wide range of financial services clients including secondments to RBS, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas.
FMSB is a practitioner-led, membership organisation with active participation from 50 corporate, buy-side, sell-side, markets services and infrastructure providers.
