Financial services

We have a world leading Financial Services sector group which is based in all the major financial and commercial centres around the globe. 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 a broad range of Financial Services Institutions.

Our specialist knowledge and financial services expertise enables our lawyers to provide results driven commercial advice to financial institutions on some of their most complex transactions and to help them address some of their most challenging business issues.

We also advise regulatory authorities, supra national bodies, governments and government agencies and actively help shape the market, working with market organisations to develop documentation, policy and best practice

Financial Services M&A

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 broad range of Financial institutions 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

Financial Services Regulation

The recent bank failures and the increasingly complex requirements of Governments and regulators has kept regulation at the top of every Financial Institution's agenda.  Our financial services regulatory specialists, who are consistently ranked top tier in the market and cover all areas of financial services activity across the bank, insurance, securities and investment management sectors are uniquely placed to work with our clients to help them address effectively all aspects of financial services regulation