Meet our team / Catherine Simpson
Catherine Simpson
Senior associate
Senior associate in the governance, funding and corporate team
Catherine specialises in advising housing associations on governance, corporate and regulatory matters in the differing English and Welsh contexts. Catherine advises RP and RSL boards on a range of corporate and constitutional governance matters. These include, but are not limited to, group structures, rule amendments, mergers, group rationalisations, conversions, incorporating organisations, advising on compliance with constitutional and statutory obligations, vires, charity and regulatory requirements (including interaction with the regulators in England and Wales).
Catherine was one of the authors who contributed to the Handbook of Co-operative and Community Benefit Society Law published in 2015 edited by Ian Snaith. She also regularly writes articles for Welsh Housing Quarterly and Inside Housing.
Catherine was also named Leading Associate in the Legal 500; 2025 and 2026 editions and Associate to Watch in the Chambers 2025 edition.
My specialisms
- Advising RPs and RSLs on compliance with constitutional, regulatory and statutory obligations
- Advising on group rationalisations, e.g. amalgamations and transfers of engagements
- Advice in connection with IDAs and voluntary undertakings to the regulator
- Constitutional amendments
- Setting up group structures, including establishing commercial subsidiaries
My insights
Liability for the acts of senior managers? Changes under the Crime and Policing Act 2026 now in force Under section 250(1) of the Crime and Policing Act 2026, where a senior manager of an organisation, acting within the actual or apparent...
Could your group structure do with a spring clean? With a new financial year fast approaching, we recommend that registered providers (RPs) focus on their need to have a...