Haris Karacosta
Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Related services and key industries
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Biography
Haris Karacosta is a financial services lawyer based in London. She specialises in financial services regulatory law and advises on a wide range of UK and EU financial services regulatory matters, including the scope of the UK regulatory perimeter, cross-border trade, payment services and the financial promotions regime. Haris has a particular focus on the wholesale sector, advising financial services providers on a wide range of UK and EU non-contentious regulatory matters.
Before joining the firm, Haris spent almost four years working in the legal department of HM Treasury advising UK policy officials on the financial services regulatory framework and international trade on financial services.
Haris is a qualified solicitor of England & Wales and a qualified lawyer in Cyprus.
Professional experience
-Alle schließen- Central counterparty – advised on EMIR and assisted in the application for recognition by ESMA for a third country central counterparty
- An investment bank – advised in connection with an internal data gathering exercise of key terms in derivatives contracts
- International financial service supplier – advised on the cross-border supply of payment services into the UK
- European payment service provider – advised on payment services provided in the UK and assisted with the authorisation application
- UK financial service supplier – advised on their MIFID II project, drafted terms of business and assisted with the authorisation application
- UK financial service supplier – advised on the financial promotions FCA rules and amended the firm's internal procedures and forms on approving financial promotions
- UK firm – advised on financial promotions regime exemptions and drafted relevant warnings and disclaimers for marketing pack