Financial Services & Regulation
Our Financial Services & Regulation team can provide a wide range of legal services advice associated with the regulated financial sector.
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With leading practices in the UK’s two biggest financial services centres, London and Edinburgh, our team combines wholesale and retail, contentious and non-contentious expertise across banking, insurance, asset management and financial intermediation. You can be assured we understand the regulatory context in which you operate and recognise the importance of finding commercial solutions.
Our specialist regulatory lawyers advise retail and wholesale financial services firms on managing regulatory risk and resolving and avoiding regulatory action and disputes.
Having represented firms in over 400 regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings, our team combines knowledge of regulated businesses with a clear understanding of what the regulators require.
We use that experience to help clients manage and grow their businesses through the development of new products, services and distribution channels.
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See allFCA: Handbook Notice 140
FCA has published details of Instruments published at its Board meetings on 26 March and 23 April 2026. These are: Financial Services Compensation Scheme (Management Expenses Levy Limit 2026/2027) Instrument 2026/10; Short Selling Rules Sourcebook Instrument 2026/16; Individual Accountability (SMCR Review) Instrument 2026/17; Motor Finance Commission Consumer Redress Scheme (2014-2024) Instrument 2026/19; Motor Finance Commission Consumer Redress Scheme (2007-2014) Instrument 2026/20; UK Listing Rules (Miscellaneous Amendments) Instrument 2026/21; UK Listing Rules (Admission to Listing: Processes and Procedures) Instrument 2026/22; UK Listing Rules (Amendment) Instrument 2026/23.
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FCA: Cyber Coordination Group insights 2025
CA has published a report on discussions held throughout 2025 with industry members of its CCG programme. Topics include: incident response and recovery; emerging technologies, and insider risk..
FCA: Motor finance redress scheme
In this press release, FCA calls on any law firm or claims management company involved in a potential challenge against the scheme that also has clients making motor finance claims should consider their position and that of their clients carefully and should write to those clients to explain that they are involved in a challenge that is likely to delay compensation.
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FCA: Understanding the advice market – financial advice firms survey 2025
FCA has published the results of its survey, which is intended to help firms benchmark their practices and to inform the regulator’s supervisory and policy work. Amongst other matters, it is noted that there was positive engagement with the Consumer Duty, particularly in pensions and retirement advice, which account for 69% of clients’ main advice objectives.
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PRA: LIAF01/26: Low impact amendments finalisation
PRA has set out details of low impact amendments it has finalised, including with regard to the FEES Part of the PRA Rulebook; the Skills, Knowledge and Expertise Part of the PRA Rulebook, and an amendment to SS3/18 (on model risk management principles for stress testing). These come into effect on 23 April/30 April 2026.
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