Ruth Fox

• T  +44 (0)20 7090 3001 (Direct line)
• E  ruth.fox@slaughterandmay.com

• London 
• One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY

Ruth has been Head of our Financial Regulation group since 1998 and advises on the regulatory aspects of disposals and acquisitions in the financial services sector. She also advises a wide range of financial institutions on the application of the FSA regime, both in relation to existing businesses and in relation to the development of new products and new channels of distribution. Ruth has advised a number of financial institutions in relation to important developments in the UK regulatory regime following the financial crisis.

Her recent work includes advising:

• on the creation of FXMarketSpace, the world's first centrally-cleared foreign exchange marketplace, by Reuters and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Banco Santander on the acquisition of Alliance & Leicester
• Euroclear on the UK regulatory aspects of its business