Financial Institutions

With extensive experience in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Financing fields we offer a first-class service in these areas to financial institutions. Our Financial Regulation group has the expertise to advise the full range of financial institutions now regulated by the Financial Services Authority ("FSA") including investment firms (including Asset Managers), Banks, building and friendly societies, Insurers, brokers, exchanges and clearing houses, on:

• a broad range of regulatory and compliance issues
• market abuse and insider dealing
• anti-money laundering and financial crime
• consumer credit
• data protection

Our lawyers have broad commercial experience and are able to understand the objectives of our clients and respond quickly, precisely and commercially to their legal and regulatory needs. We were awarded 'Financial Services & Insurance Team of the Year' (Legal Business Awards, 2007) for our work on the Standard Life demutualisation and flotation.

We have long-standing relationships with our financial institution clients which include leading financial institutions and other major companies with regulatory interests.