Aliya Allen

Aliya Allen, Partner, is a former CEO and Executive Director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board. She has provided industry leadership on a host of initiatives including FATCA, CRS, AML/CFT and development of the Investment Condominium (ICON) legislation; and in developing and revising industry defining legislation, including contributing to policy initiatives on FinTech, Blockchain and digital assets.

• Acting for a global bank with AUM in excess of $300 million undertaking a significant regulatory and compliance audit for the purposes of a global compliance project.
• Acting for a syndicate of lenders in a $100 million facility to a utility company taking security over assets and revenue streams.
• Acting for a major global bank as lead arranger in a billion-dollar facility to a company with global oil and gas assets taking security over local assets.
• Acting for one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges by daily trading volume in the world in connection with the issuance of a stable coin backed by fiat currency including regulatory interaction and fiduciary structuring.
• Advising one of the largest technology investment companies in the world valued at over 100 billion in connection with Bahamas cross border securities issues.

• Banking & Finance
• Capital markets
• Financial restructuring
• Financial services regulatory
• Investment funds
• M&A

• Banking
• Energy
• Financial services
• Government and public policy
• Investment management

• Bar of England and Wales
• The Bahamas Bar

• The Bahamas Bar Association
• The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn

• LLB (Hons), University of Buckingham (2006)
• BA English Language and Literature, Boston University (2002)