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Financial Services & Regulation lawyers

The daily challenges you face in doing business in a highly regulated, cost-pressured environment mean you need advisers who have an unparalleled understanding of the regulators’ expectations and are commercial, practical and industry savvy.

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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Chris Bradshaw
Chris Bradshaw
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Chris Bradshaw is a partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance Group, who has specialised in the FI market over many years. Chris regularly advises on policy coverage in relation to commercial and FI D&O...
Elisabeth Bremner
Elisabeth Bremner
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Elisabeth is a Partner in the Financial Services Regulatory team at CMS. She has more than 25 years’ experience representing financial institutions in cases involving both UK and overseas regulators...
Sarah Brooks
Sarah Brook
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Sarah carries out both regulatory contentious and advisory work for a range of clients within the financial services sector, with a focus on firms that operate in the insurance market.  She assists with...
Tom Callaby
Tom Callaby
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Tom is an "expert in UK and EU regulatory matters" (Legal 500). He specialises in providing regulatory advice to clients operating in the financial markets, including buy- and sell-side firms, intermediaries...
Aidan Campbell
Aidan Campbell
Partner
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Aidan Campbell is a partner in the Financial Services and Products Group and specialises in the distribution of insurance products. He has a wide range of experience of working with insurers and distributors...
Emma Clark
Emma Clark
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Emma Clark is a Corporate partner with a sector focus on transactions for financial services businesses. Emma has advised on a number of ground-breaking and innovative transactions under new and evolving...
Steven Cochrane
Steven Cochrane
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Steven is strategic employment law advisor, working closely with clients across a number of sectors including financial services, life sciences, technology and manufacturing. Steven has developed a particular...
Joy Davey
Joy Davey
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Joy Davey is a partner in the Financial Services & Regulation Team at CMS UK specialising in outsourcings by financial institutions. I combine both commercial and regulatory expertise when helping clients...
Matthew Davies
Matthew Davies
Partner
United Kingdom, Manchester
Matthew is a Partner in our Corporate group, based in the Corporate team in Manchester. Matthew specialises in UK and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, corporate re-organisations and restructurings...
Robert Dedman
Robert Dedman
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Rob has been a partner in the firm’s financial services and products team since January 2023. He has over 15 years’ experience working on regulatory matters relating to banks (wholesale and retail)...