The financial services industry is continuously evolving.
Adoption of new technologies and operating models, industry consolidation and regulatory change create market disruption, risks and opportunities. Whatever segment of the financial services industry you work in, we provide an industry-first approach, bringing a 360* perspective and novel solutions to help you adapt successfully to change, and take advantage of the opportunities.
When you choose to work with us, you won't just get legal professionals with the highest levels of technical excellence. Our global team has in-depth knowledge of the financial services sector in all of the places you do business. We represent many of the world’s largest financial institutions in groundbreaking projects that have shaped the landscape of the industry.
Our experience and capabilities span the financial services ecosystem including capital markets, wholesale and retail banking, insurance, asset management, financial sponsors and private capital, payments providers, fintechs and all aspects of financial innovation. We have experience working on complex, multi-jurisdictional projects but also bring deep knowledge of local markets to help you flex to new opportunities wherever you do business.
We are a truly global firm, and place great value on a one-team approach. We hear again and again from our clients that our working relationships are collaborative, transparent and solutions orientated. Although our attorneys are spread across the globe, our culture and our processes ensure that, wherever you work with us, we will always engage with you in a unified way.
The financial services industry will continue to evolve, and we will continue to help you stay at the cutting edge of that change. We are here for your future, as well as your present.
Our lawyers are experienced in all financial services. Our recent experience includes:
- acting for the financial guarantor in relation to the Technaf Solar Project, Bangladesh, a multi-award winning project, the first English law project finance transaction and the first utility-scale, grid connected solar project in Bangladesh
- advising a global bank (based in Singapore) in respect of the implementation of an artificial intelligence HR platform to align the skills and expertise of employees with available positions, including preparing a best practice data governance framework
- advising several of the largest UK financial institutions on compliance, lobbying and technical build requirements relating to Open Banking requirements placed upon them by the Competition and Markets Authority
- representing a major US financial services company in obtaining money transmission licenses in 48 states and ongoing compliance advice related to money transmission
- representing a major global payment processor in the formation, renewal and international expansion of its various joint ventures with some of the world's largest financial institutions, which service hundreds of thousands of merchants and are some of the largest US merchant payment card processing companies
- advising a seven bank consortium in Hong Kong in relation to the launch of eTradeConnect - a DLT based trade finance platform, negotiating the platform service agreement signed by each of the seven banks and advising on the governance framework and all agreements between banks and corporate clients
- advising a leading investment management firm in its multimillion GBP software licensing disputes with IBM and SAP
- advising a global bank on the outsourcing of services in over 65 countries across EMEA, Asia Pacific and North and South America in one of the world's largest facilities management outsourcing contracts
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