Our lawyers have extensive experience advising on high-level and complex cross-border assignments, as well as on day-to-day transactions. We act for the world’s leading global banks and development banks in the emerging markets, as well as broker-dealers, investment banks and other financial service institutions in several key areas including:

Regulation

Our team is closely involved in global regulatory reform and has extensive experience working in the industry with the most prominent financial services regulators. This gives us real insight into how banks operate and how the regulators think and work, as well as how regulatory policy is formed, turned into legislation and then supervised.

Our government relations and public policy (GRPP) team offers a unique mix of policy, process and sectorial knowledge to help clients gain traction in the legislative process by aligning their advocacy and lobbying with its business and legal objectives. We have advised on conduct, market and prudential regulation which is a top priority for global banking groups.

Risk and compliance

A robust, sustainable and risk-based framework of controls is a prerequisite, not only to maintain compliance with regulatory obligations, but to ensure that emerging risks are identified and assessed with appropriate mitigating actions being taken. Our regulatory compliance consulting lawyers have advised on a range of sophisticated, cross-border compliance, regulatory, and risk control matters.

Digital transformation

FinTech start-ups and digital banks are challenging the traditional banking model. Banks must innovate to remain relevant and embrace new technology which is delivering opportunities for them on an unprecedented scale. Our global FinTech practice has extensive experience working with banks on their investment in and deployment of FinTech as well as their participation in industry consortia. With our strong combination of technical, sector and regulatory experience, we help our clients capitalize on the transformative potential of these new technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and smart contracts, while ensuring compliance with the rapidly changing regulatory landscape.