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 & RegulationWolfsberg Group: Guidance on the provision of banking services to non-bank payment service providers
The guidance is intended to provide a risk-based framework to help banks understand, assess and manage the financial crime risks associated with providing banking services to non-bank payment services providers whilst continuing to support innovation in payments.
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FCA: Engagement with Markets and Smaller Business Practitioner Panels
FCA has published letters sent to the Panels setting out its plans for 2026/27.
FCA: Engagement with Practitioner and Financial Services Consumer Panels
FCA has published letters sent to the Panels setting out its plans for 2026/27.
HMT/PRA: Ringfencing
Further to HMT’s review of the ringfencing regime, it is now consulting on technical details of implementing the aspects of the package that will be delivered via secondary legislation. These relate to the new growth allowances which will expand the range of products ringfenced bodies are permitted to offer, and expand the range of counterparties they are permitted to have exposures to and the management of pension schemes. Alongside this consultation, PRA is consulting on changes to the continuity of provision of services rules. Responses to HMT’s consultation are required by 8 September 2026 and responses to PRA’s consultation are required by 14 October 2026.
HMT: Modernising payment services regulation
HMT is consulting on its approach to modernising payment services regulation and seeks views on how regulation needs to adapt to support innovation whilst ensuring strong consumer protection. Responses are required by 6 October 2026.
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