Auxillias Limited

Auxillias Ltd 

• Senior Partners: Joanne Davis and Daksha Mistry
• Offices: Virtual – representing clients across the UK
• Founded in 2020.

An overview: 

Launched in May 2020, Auxillias is a well-respected and market-leading legal, governance risk, regulatory and compliance firm that works for businesses in the motor, asset and consumer finance markets.Providing legal, regulatory, compliance, advisory, consultancy and training services, Auxillias supports its clients not only with their consumer products but also with business lending products to SMEs.

The firm’s name comes from the Latin word for “a helping hand”, and Auxillias embodies this in its culture and ethos. It has prioritised a consultative and collaborative approach which is valued by clients.

Main areas of practice 

• Legal – Auxillias’ founders are legal experts with over 25 years of experience advising the consumer credit, motor finance and asset finance industries. Having worked for so long, and with so many businesses, in this sector (including fintechs), Auxillias is extremely well placed to support our clients.

• Regulatory Compliance – Auxillias is a consumer credit expert with a solid foundation that comes from years of working in the sector. It delivers both legal and compliance services for clients, as it believes that appointing a compliance firm separate from a legal firm on consumer credit related legal and compliance projects does not deliver high standards when it comes to achieving clients overall objectives and results.

• Compliance Advisory Consultancy – Auxillias’ consumer credit specialist lead lawyers, having spent years consulting for a number of banks and finance institutions in the sector, also specialises in compliance and regulation in consumer credit. This experience, paired with the high level of expertise in other areas, puts our company in a unique position; offering a multifaceted service that goes beyond that of other firms.

• Corporate Governance - All businesses may need ongoing legal advice on corporate governance, including operations and internal processes. Auxillias offers legal guidance on all corporate governance issues and are well accustomed to advising boards on their respective legal, governance, risk and compliance obligations and ensuring full compliance in respect of business activities

• Commercial Services - Auxillias will give your business the expertise and advice it needs.Its commercial services team covers the key commercial legal areas businesses navigate on a daily basis.It can help you protect the value generated by your business dealings, while managing the legal risks to your business.

• FCA Support - If you want to provide regulated financial services, Auxillias can help you to avoid pitfalls and delays with your FCA authorisation application – whether you are applying for full permission, limited permission or simply seeking a variation. It also deals with applications for change of control and changes of regulatory status as well as helping you prepare with all the necessary documentation required by the FCA.

• Dispute Resolution - The litigation and dispute resolution services Auxillias offers to clients varies depending on their specific needs at any one time.The firm deals with anything from claims brought against the client, to defences submitted in response to an action issued on their behalf.

• Specialist areas of Asset Finance Disputes - Auxillias deals with a wide range of asset finance disputes and over the years has built a solid framework and robust approach for clients to support them with issues such as fraud, asset recovery, missed assets, product liability and product recall.

• Satisfactory Quality Dispute Resolution - Auxillias possesses the relevant technical knowledge to handle issues arising out of the legislation that surrounds the expectation a customer is entitled to legally when they are supplied with assets that are not of satisfactory quality or fit for purpose.

• Auxillias Academy: Training – Sessions delivered classroom style, in workshops or via online webinars are delivered at a practical level to encourage dialogue and the sharing of experiences.

Our clients 

Banks, small and large finance institutions, consumer lenders, captive and independent finance houses, finance brokers and dealers, motor finance and leasing companies, fleet finance providers and a range of fintech, retail and loan service providers and credit card issuers.

The Auxillias team  

Headed by Joanne Davis and Daksha Mistry, the team consists of subject matter experts from a diverse mixture of backgrounds with both contentious and non-contentious experience and a unique blend of legal, compliance and risk skillsets. They all have significant in-house experience. This allows the team to view matters from your perspective and provide holistic advice and guidance on complex regulatory and compliance matters in a business-focused and user-friendly way.