Rowan Platt

Rowan is a Senior Associate in the Financial Services Regulatory team, focusing on FinTechs, payments and digital assets, with over 10 years’ experience in financial regulation, across a range of global law firms, banks and FinTechs. Prior to joining CMS, Rowan spent time in a number of senior regulatory and compliance roles in FinTech firms, including payments and investments, crowdfunding and a SaaS platform delivering core banking solutions. Prior to this, he was a lawyer in the financial services regulatory practice in another global law firm, during which time he also spent time on secondment to Lloyds Banking Group.

Rowan’s recent experience includes advising boards, executives and product teams on compliance with FCA, PRA and EU financial services regulation, including in relation to systems and controls, conduct of business and senior manager rules. He has also advised on the implementation of major regulatory change programs, including the FCA’s new financial promotion rules for high risk investments, the Consumer Duty, new operational resilience regulations and the launch of new products and services.