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Overview

Our global team brings together professionals with many years of previous work experience as regulators or in-house counsel, offering key market insight paired with technically excellent legal advice. We take a pro-active approach by anticipating changes in the sector in several international markets and understanding how they may affect you. Collaborating with lawyers from our multitude of practice areas, we offer the financial services sector full-service legal support coupled with a deep understanding of the industry.

The global financial services sector is accelerating, with emerging technologies having a massive impact. Disruptors such as crypto-platforms, open banking APIs and other FinTechs are transforming the way banks, insurance companies, alternative lenders, start-ups and tech companies deliver their services and structure their organisations. As regulation evolves to meet this revolution, our financial services regulatory lawyers are committed to helping you redefine your place in the landscape.

Financial Services Regulation services

  • Anti-money laundering
  • Authorisations and approvals
  • Blockchain and smart contracts
  • Brexit and passporting
  • CASS compliance
  • Consumer credit
  • Crowd funding and initial coin offering (ICO)
  • Data privacy and cyber security
  • Decentralized finance (DeFi)
  • Enforcement investigations
  • ESG & sustainable finance
  • Financial promotions
  • FinTech
  • Governance and risk management (including SMCR)
  • Investment funds
  • Insurance regulation
  • InsurTech
  • Market abuse and insider dealing
  • Mortgage regulation
  • Open banking and consumer directed finance
  • Outsourcing and technology law
  • Payment services and e-money
  • Whistleblowing

Meet our international team

With offices in major jurisdictions across the world, our core teams in Canada and the UK offer comprehensive global legal advice across the financial services spectrum. For more information on how we can help you, contact our team.

Our global team brings together professionals with many years of previous work experience as regulators or in-house counsel, offering key market insight paired with technically excellent legal advice. We take a pro-active approach by anticipating changes in the sector in several international markets and understanding how they may affect you. Collaborating with lawyers from our multitude of practice areas, we offer the financial services sector full-service legal support coupled with a deep understanding of the industry.

The global financial services sector is accelerating, with emerging technologies having a massive impact. Disruptors such as crypto-platforms, open banking APIs and other FinTechs are transforming the way banks, insurance companies, alternative lenders, start-ups and tech companies deliver their services and structure their organisations. As regulation evolves to meet this revolution, our financial services regulatory lawyers are committed to helping you redefine your place in the landscape.

Financial Services Regulation services

  • Anti-money laundering
  • Authorisations and approvals
  • Blockchain and smart contracts
  • Brexit and passporting
  • CASS compliance
  • Consumer credit
  • Crowd funding and initial coin offering (ICO)
  • Data privacy and cyber security
  • Decentralized finance (DeFi)
  • Enforcement investigations
  • ESG & sustainable finance
  • Financial promotions
  • FinTech
  • Governance and risk management (including SMCR)
  • Investment funds
  • Insurance regulation
  • InsurTech
  • Market abuse and insider dealing
  • Mortgage regulation
  • Open banking and consumer directed finance
  • Outsourcing and technology law
  • Payment services and e-money
  • Whistleblowing

Meet our international team

With offices in major jurisdictions across the world, our core teams in Canada and the UK offer comprehensive global legal advice across the financial services spectrum. For more information on how we can help you, contact our team.

Key contacts

Sushil Kuner

Sushil Kuner

Principal Associate

UK Financial Services Regulation
Head of UK FinTech

London
David Cohen

David F.W. Cohen

Partner

Leader, Financial Institutions & Services Group (Canada)

Toronto
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