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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Regulatory News - Financial Services & Regulation
See all Regulatory News - Financial Services & RegulationBIS: Speech by Pablo Hernández de Cos: Deposit insurance in a changing financial landscape
Text of this speech of 29 October 2026 follows in which Pablo Hernández de Cos discusses how deposit insurance systems need to evolve and adapt to ensure that deposit insurance continues to meet its policy objectives in a changing financial landscape.
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BoE: Consultation on supervisory expectations for central counterparties seeking to accept tokenised collateral
BoE has launched a consultation supporting CCPs acceptance of tokenised forms of eligible collateral. BoE considers the existing regulatory framework is not a barrier for CCPs accepting tokenised forms of eligible collateral, provided the collateral meets the standards required in central clearing. For example, tokenised collateral must remain capable of being valued, transferred and realised when needed, including in stressed conditions. A proposed Supervisory Statement is intended to provide greater clarity on how Boe would assess applications involving tokenised collateral. Responses are required by 17 February 2027.
FCA: Fair value in consumer finance/Blog by Alison Walters: What does 'fair value' look like in practice? Three years into the Consumer Duty, here’s what we’ve learned
FCA has published the findings from its consumer finance supervisory work, highlighting good practice and areas for improvement in how firms assess, evidence and monitor fair value. FCA also sets out observations on communicating fees and charges and preventing foreseeable harm from repeat or cumulative charges. A blog by Alison Walters has been published alongside the report.
FCA: CP 26/39: Income sharing distribution and operational incident reporting for consolidated tape providers
FCA is consulting on how the equity CTP should share income with data contributors, and enhanced operational incident reporting requirements for all CTPs. Responses are required by 17 December 2026.
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HMT: UK-Australia Financial Markets Dialogue – joint statement
HMT has published a note of the UK-Singapore Financial Markets Dialogue which took place on 27 October 2026. Topics include: private markets governance and asset allocation, and operational resilience/critical third parties.
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