SECTOR SPECIALISM

Financial Services Regulation

Overview

We field experts in financial services regulation, particularly those impacting wholesale markets, including the Financial Services & Markets Act, the FCA Handbook, and UK onshored versions of MiFID II, the Benchmarks Regulation, SFTR, EMIR and the Market Abuse Regulation. Our experts have in-house credentials with major regulated entities, for whom they have defended regulatory investigations, as well as investigation and enforcement experience. Thanks to this, we have unique practical insight into the financial regulatory ecosystem and can offer unparalleled knowledge of trading venue rulebooks, including LME and ICE, as well as codes of practice such as the Precious Metals Code and the Baltic Code.

On the retail banking side, we are delighted to play host to dedicated legal professionals in consumer credit, regulated mortgage contracts, payment services, insurance intermediation and fintech products.

We are able to support FCA and AML-regulated firms with their compliance needs and can also offer advice in connection with data protection and the UK GDPR.

Key Contact

Senior Partner

Work highlights

Advising fintech company Wealthify on a strategic investment by Aviva.

Drafting and advising on the terms and conditions of business for financial services and FCA-authorised businesses, including authorised representative agreements and drafting the terms and conditions for a junior ISA product.

Advising on the implications of the Insurance Distribution Directive and interaction with the FCA Handbook for a dental business.

Consumer credit advice for lenders and brokers, drafting and advising on regulated consumer credit agreements and advising on consumer credit disputes.

Advising financial services companies on devising and implementing a best practice regulatory strategy for money laundering and data protection.

Advising a charity on the mis-selling of a multimillion-pound hedging product and breach of the COBS rules.

Advising on the setting up of a cross-border medtech fund and ensuring its ability to trade on an international exchange from a regulatory perspective.

Awards

  • The Banking & Finance Team is ranked Band 2 by Chambers and Partners
  • The Banking & Finance Team is ranked Tier 2 in The Legal 500

 

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