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Where there is change in the financial services sector, you will find our advisers at the apex. We innovate so that you can too.
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
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Advised leading crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer, on the FCA's approval of their prospectus for issuing cryptocurrency-linked exchange traded notes (cETNs) to both professional and retail investors in the UK. This marked the first retail cETN programme approved by the FCA since it officially lifted its four-year ban on retail access to crypto ETNs in early October 2025.
Advised Foresters Friendly Society, a mutual insurance provider on the proposed transfer of its UK insurance business to Shepherds Friendly.
Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited
Advised Aviva Investment Funds on the Part VII insurance business transfer of its UK individual protection business to Royal London.
Advised Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited and Alwyn Insurance Company Limited, subsidiaries of Arch Re, on the successful completion of an insurance business transfer under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Norton Home Loans Limited
Advised The Norton Group, a financial services provider, on securing a £230m senior warehouse facility with Citi, supporting the growth of its Norton Home Loans business across the first and second charge mortgage markets.
Advised a club of UK banks providing term loan and revolving credit facilities to a group operating in the education sector.
Advised a major employment services provider on defending an employment tribunal claim.
Advised Thincats Limited, a specialist financial services provider, on ad hoc employment matters.
Advised Acquinex, the insurance company, on the sale of Mercado de San Miguel, one of Madrid’s most iconic commercial and leisure assets, including real estate, leasing and urban planning aspects.
Advised a leading international shipping and transport group on the restructuring of its global vessel ownership platform and the migration of a substantial fleet to Luxembourg holding structures.
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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Penta Real Estate on its investment into a landmark £230 million-plus joint venture with Staycity Group and advised the joint venture on the financing arrangements for the development, which will deliver a 350-room Wilde aparthotel in the heart of London's Farringdon district.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised manufacturing companies PROXMUS and Promus on the sale of their businesses to CGH Innovation, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of steel tanks and a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity firm headquartered in Miami.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Head of Commercial, Clare Francis and Head of Restructuring, Stacey Bairner as its first Co-Heads of Innovation and Transformation, accelerating the firm's existing focus on embedding innovation into service delivery.
Iain Sawers
Partner, Head of Financial Services
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