Regulatory & Governance
Advising at the intersection of Regulatory, Governance and Tech
Advising on all aspects on financial services regulation, both contentious and non-contentious, and regulation.
What We Do
Financial Services Regulation
With deep expertise advising regulated and non-regulated firms in the financial services sector, we advise on the following areas:
- The UK regulatory perimeter (regulated activities, financial promotion, prospectuses, collective investment schemes etc)
- Wholesale markets legislation (FSMA, MiFID, MAR, EMIR, BMR, SFTR etc)
- Benchmarks and regulatory issues in data licensing
- All aspects of the FCA Handbook
- FCA and exchange enforcement actions
- Exchange and CCP rulebooks and market codes
Governance
Our lawyers have deep practical experience of governance, advising boards, company secretaries and in-house legal teams. We cover the following areas:
- The Companies Act
- Conflicts of interest
- Articles of association
- Terms of reference for boards and committees
- Policies and procedures
- The Combined Code
- The Modern Slavery Act
- The Bribery Act
Insight
We publish for our clients and contacts blogs, vlogs and white papers, and hold occasional events and webinars about developments in Tech Law.
Our insight is widely recognised in the market. Who’s Who Legal have named us one of their eight Tech Law though leaders each year since 2017. Click through to our insights page or an article below.
SaaS Insights – don’t get gaslit by your contract
Are you being gaslit by your SaaS contract? Chris Kemp gives advice on how to spot the signs in the …
Does my AI own the IP that it creates? If not, who? A summary of the position in the UK and US
Interesting IP law questions arise when we view AIs as creators in their own right rather than mere software tools. …
SMCR Enforcement Actions
What are ‘reasonable steps’ in the context of the SMCR? Tom Hine explains using two recent cases.