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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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James Dickie
James Dickie
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, London
James qualified into the CMS UK Financial Services Regulatory team in August 2013, having trained with the firm. Since qualifying James has developed a particular focus on consumer financial service products...
Rachel Easter
Rachel Easter
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, London
Rachel is a Senior Associate in the Employment team
Maggie Lund
Maggie Lund
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, London
Maggie is a Senior Associate at CMS and advises (re)insurers, banks, fund managers and other financial services firms and market participants on a range of conduct and prudential regulatory issues. While...
Alex Martin
Alex Martin
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, London
Alex is a Senior Associate in the Financial Services Regulatory team at CMS. He advises clients on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Alex joined CMS in 2022 having worked as a Manager/Senior...
Dan Meatyard
Dan Meatyard
Senior Associate
United Kingdom, London
Dan Meatyard is a senior associate in the Insurance, Risk and Capital Transactions Team which is part of the CMS Finance practice group. Dan specialises in advising financial institutions on risk transfer...
Sanaa Akhtar
Sanaa Akhtar
Associate
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Sanaa is an Associate in the Financial Services Regulation team.  Sanaa has a wide range of experience in advising a number of key clients of the firm including asset managers, fund managers and investment...
Zain Akhtar
Zain Akhtar
Associate
Oman, Muscat
Zain Akhtar is an associate in the Financial Services Regulation team. Zain has a wide range of experience in advising a number of key clients of the firm including banks, fund managers and investment...
Katriona Dunn
Katriona Dunn
Associate
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Katriona Dunn is an associate in the Corporate Department
Yasmin Johal
Yasmin Johal
Associate
United Kingdom, London
Yasmin Johal is an Associate at CMS specialising in UK and UAE Crypto and FinTech regulation, and sits in the Financial Services Regulation team. Yasmin is currently on secondment to Dubai to help build...
Leo Licheri-Hood
Leo Licheri-Hood
Associate
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Leo Licheri-Hood is an associate in the Funds and Indirect Real Assets (FIRA) team at CMS Edinburgh. Leo advises clients on all aspects of the structuring, establishment and operation of investment funds...