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Ben is a partner in the Financial Services team. He has broad experience advising asset managers, banks, financial market infrastructures and other financial institutions on financial regulatory and compliance matters. These include issues such as licensing and authorisation requirements, governance, conduct of business, prudential requirements, insider dealing and market abuse, cross border business, product design and the regulatory aspects of transactions.

Ben is also a sustainability expert, and has extensive experience advising financial institutions on sustainability related regulatory regimes such as EU SFDR, the EU ESG Ratings Regulation, UK TCFD reporting, UK SDR, the EU Taxonomy, CSRD and CSDDD.

Ben’s clients include Citigroup, one of the world’s largest asset managers, one of the world’s largest financial data and market infrastructure groups, New York Life Insurance, Abaxx Exchange and other sellside, buyside and financial market infrastructure groups.

Relevant experience

  • Several sellside, buyside and financial market infrastructure institutions on MiFID compliance and current MiFID reforms in the EU and UK.
  • Two of the world’s largest custodians on CASS and custody related issues.
  • Several ESG ratings providers on the implications of the EU ESG Ratings Regulation and upcoming UK regulation of ESG ratings.
  • Multiple asset managers on their compliance with EU SFDR, UK SDR and other sustainability related regulations – advising on product design, disclosures and strategic approaches.
  • Several CCPs on EMIR compliance, rulebook changes and strategic transactions. 

Education

  • 2015 - LPC, The University of Law, London.
  • 2014 - GDL, The University of Law, London.
  • 2013 - MA, University of Oxford, Oxford.
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