We have a world leading Banks sector group located across our global network who are involved in many of the market's ground breaking deals. The group consists of a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers drawn from our Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate, Tax, Litigation and Real Estate practices who have an unrivalled breadth and depth of experience of working with Banks in Europe, the Americas and Asia.

Our specialist knowledge of the sector and its issues enables our lawyers to provide results driven commercial advice to Banks on some of their most complex transactions and to help them address some of their most challenging business issues.

 M&A in the Banking industry

The ongoing market turmoil continues to drive M&A activity across the sector as institutions seek to reshape their operating models or capitalise on new opportunities. We have a pre-eminent reputation for advising a significant number of Banks on complex strategic disposals or acquisitions. We have built strong relationships with key regulators and can mobilise unrivalled resources in order to deliver the full range of the firm’s knowledge and experience and help clients complete successful transactions

Bank Regulation

The recent bank failures and the increasingly complex requirements of Governments and regulators has kept regulation at the top of every Bank's agenda.  Our financial services regulatory specialists, who are consistently ranked top tier in the market have worked with a significant number of Banks to help them address effectively all aspects of financial services regulation

Banking products

Change in market sentiment and the needs of clients has led many Banks to refine and update the product set they offer to their clients. Our market leading Banking and Finance practice and Capital Markets practice provide advice in relation to the full spectrum of financial products including syndicated lending and leveraged and acquisition finance, asset finance, derivative products, project finance, financial regulatory, insolvency & restructuring, debt capital markets, equity capital markets, structured debt and structured finance.

Clearing, Settlement and Transaction Services

Clearing, Settlement and Transaction Services continue to evolve rapidly to support the ongoing effective workings of the financial services marketplace. We have a dedicated premier payment services team who are recognised as being the leading payments lawyers in this area. We are able to combine our unrivalled experience in advising on market infrastructure with top ranked legal skills in all the leading financial centres.