In an era of global regulatory change, our expert team offers peace of mind. From engaging with new regulation to interpreting and responding to change, we help our clients successfully navigate shifting sands.
Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.
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 Scottish Friendly, a Life & Investments Provider on its proposed merger with OneFamily, a combination that would create one of the UK’s largest mutual life assurance groups with 2.3 million members and nearly £10 billion in assets under management.
Advised MML Enterprise Fund on its strategic investment into Cosegic Limited. Cosegic is one of the UK's leading compliance consultancies providing assistance with FCA authorisation, SEC registration, ongoing consulting, prudential services, online training and compliance software.
Advised European Metal Recycling Limited on its £1.5m pre-pack administration acquisition of the business and certain assets of Cupral Group Ltd (in Administration), a metals recycling business.
Advised Opus Restructuring LLP as administrators of MST Legal Ltd on their appointment and sale of the business and assets of the firm
Advising Asian Development Bank on the design and development of an innovative Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. The unprecedented ETM is a proposed funding vehicle to purchase or contractually take over coal power or other fossil fuel-based generation assets while supporting the scale-up of renewable energy.
We are defending LLB Verwaltung (Schweiz) AG, a former Swiss bank, against a multi-million pound, complex fraud claim, which arises out of a failed investment scheme. The matter included a 40 day trial involving multiple parties and legal representatives.
Advised Rivercrown Finance Ltd on several bespoke structures. This included the structuring of a fund established to manage a $250m investment from a leading sovereign wealth fund.
Advised Cantor Fitzgerald in connection with the £15m placing by Albert Technologies Limited.
Advised Standard Life on updating fund manager arrangements for MiFID II regulatory changes, using our platform and regulatory expertise, technology and the paralegal hub to put in place amendments for hundreds of agreements.
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EmailColin leads the firm’s Regulatory, Insurance & Funds team; he advises corporates and a broad range of financial services businesses on insurance and reinsurance issues, remediation/compensation schemes, contentious regulatory challenges and structuring insurance arrangements in the infrastructure and energy sectors.
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EmailElizabeth is a Financial services regulatory partner with extensive expertise advising asset managers, fund managers, depositaries and insurance companies on the constantly shifting landscape in the UK and EU.
Legal Director, Avocat à la Cour
EmailJennifer advises fund sponsors, asset managers, financial institutions and investors on the creation and operation of Luxembourg investment structures. With over 15 years’ experience, she supports clients on regulatory, governance and strategic matters across traditional and alternative investment funds.
Rechtsanwalt, Head of Office, Luxembourg
EmailManfred Dietrich leads our Luxembourg funds and asset management team. Manfred’s practice covers the full range of funds expertise, from fund establishment and structuring work, to acting for institutional investors on their fund investment programmes.
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EmailDavid specialises in financial services regulation, focusing particularly on payments, digital assets and emerging fintech. He supports banks, payment institutions, fintechs, cryptoasset firms and investors on regulatory and commercial issues arising from financial services innovation and when launching new financial products and services.
Partner, Rechtsanwalt
EmailJan advises international clients on all legal, corporate and regulatory aspects of the structuring, establishment, marketing and ongoing operations of alternative investment funds and fund related M&A transactions, with particular focus on real estate, private equity, debt and venture capital.
Managing Senior Associate, Rechtsanwalt, Avocat (liste IV)
EmailPawel Buniowski advises sponsors and asset managers on the structuring and establishment of Luxembourg investment funds across the alternatives spectrum, including RAIFs, SIFs and unregulated AIFs.
Managing Senior Practice Development Lawyer
EmailJosie is a Managing Senior Practice Development lawyer in our Financial Services Regulation team.
Senior Associate, Avocat à la Cour
EmailLudmilla Faur-Neukirch advises investment funds, their promoters and other financial institutions on the structuring and formation of regulated and unregulated alternative investment funds with a variety of strategies.
Orbital has built specific workflows for Scottish commercial real estate work, built around Scots Law and Scottish real estate practice
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.
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