Our Financial Services team draws on expertise from across the firm including in respect of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), strategic regulatory issues and investigations, governance, structured finance, secured lending, employment matters, dispute resolution, venture capital, M&A and other corporate and commercial transactions.
Our legal advice is not just technically sound, but is rooted in a wider appreciation of the real world in which we all exist. A world that is constantly changing, frequently surprising and invariably hard to navigate.
Read about our relevant experience for Financial Services.
We are experienced with helping major institutional lenders and independent lenders and can help with your businesses financing needs.
Find out moreOur Employment team are experienced at advising financial services providers and investors on a range of issues including discrimination claims, whistleblowing, regulatory considerations (e.g. under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime) and (alongside our Tax Team) employee share schemes and management incentives.
Find out moreThe Dispute Resolution team regularly deal with litigation and ADR for the financial services industry.
Find out moreWe deliver pragmatic advice on a wide range of corporate transactions for financial services providers, fintechs and investors, from venture capital and minority investments to M&A, AIM IPOs and other equity capital markets transactions.
Find out moreWe advise financial services providers and fintech companies on commercial arrangements of all kinds, covering data migration and analysis to payment solutions, payment processing and predictive technology.
Find out moreFinancial Services Regulatory
We are experienced in establishing new businesses, seeking PRA and/or FCA authorisation, reorganising regulated businesses, addressing change of control consent requirements, drafting product documentation and preparing terms of business and other key contracts and policies.
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- The Pensions Regulator to ease reporting duties and enforcement activity during Covid-19
- FCA updates guidance for social housing landlords who help their tenants to find financing alternatives to high-cost credit
- FCA to supervise cryptoasset businesses under the AML/CFT regime from 10 January 2020
