Financial Services

We help financial services businesses grow, invest, and restructure with confidence. Our team advises on:

• M&A and joint ventures: Seamless execution of complex domestic and cross-border deals, including regulated entity transactions and post-deal integration.
• Corporate structuring and governance: From shareholder arrangements to SMCR-aligned frameworks that support growth and regulatory compliance.
• Fundraising and capital markets: Supporting equity and debt raises, venture capital, private placements, and listings.
• Finance transactions: Real estate, acquisition, venture debt, Islamic finance, and ESG-linked lending.
• Strategic partnerships: Commercial contracts that unlock value and protect your interests.

We bring together corporate, finance, regulatory and tax expertise to deliver joined-up advice that reflects the realities of doing deals in a regulated world.

In a sector where disruption is inevitable, we help clients embed resilience into their operations:

• Restructuring and insolvency: Advising lenders, investors, and distressed businesses on turnaround strategies and formal processes.
• Outsourcing and third-party risk: Structuring supplier relationships that meet regulatory expectations for continuity and control.
• Employment and governance: Managing workforce risk through contracts, employment tax, investigations, and whistleblowing protocols.
• Real estate and procurement: Supporting strategic decisions around property, systems, and critical services.
• Cybersecurity and data protection: Helping clients manage data risk, respond to breaches, and comply with UK GDPR and global data rules.
• IP and licensing: Protecting proprietary platforms, algorithms, and data to maintain competitive edge.

We help clients meet and anticipate regulatory expectations in the UK and internationally:

• FCA/PRA authorisations and perimeter analysis.
• Governance and SMCR compliance: Including responsibilities mapping, senior manager approvals, and conduct rule training.
• Financial crime compliance: AML systems, risk assessments, and third-party oversight.
• Financial promotions and consumer protection: Ensuring marketing and client communications meet evolving standards.
• Regulatory change implementation: ESG disclosures, crypto regulation, operational resilience, and more.
• Reporting and disclosure: Managing breach notifications, whistleblowing, and regulator engagement.
• Taxation: Providing support across the spectrum of business, property and individual taxation, both in a transactional support role and on a stand-alone advisory basis.

Our advice is proactive, commercially grounded, and tailored to your business model.

We represent financial institutions, executives, and regulated individuals in high-stakes disputes and investigations:

• Commercial and financial litigation: Including fraud, misrepresentation, shareholder disputes, and professional negligence.
• Banking and finance disputes: Covering structured finance, trade finance, mis-selling, and enforcement.
• Internal investigations: Designed and managed end-to-end, with cross-practice support.
• Regulatory enforcement: Defending clients in FCA, PRA, SFO, HMRC, and DOJ investigations.
• Cross-border litigation: Coordinating international enforcement and asset recovery strategies.

We offer tactical, cost-conscious disputes and investigations support with a focus on outcomes, reputation, and business continuity.

In financial services, reputation is everything. We help clients manage reputational risk with speed and discretion:

• Crisis response and media strategy: Real-time support for leaks, allegations, and media enquiries.
• Defamation and pre-publication advice: Preventing or mitigating damaging content.
• Whistleblowing and internal misconduct: Managing the fallout from investigations and governance failures.
• Cyber incidents and data breaches: Supporting breach response, regulatory notifications, and stakeholder communications.
• Regulatory disclosures: Advising on FCA-mandated announcements and investor updates.

Our integrated team works across legal, regulatory, and communications fronts to protect your brand when it matters most.