Tom Callaby

Tom is a Next Generation Partner in Financial Services and an "expert in UK and EU regulatory matters" (Legal 500). He specialises in advising buy and sell-side firms on financial markets regulation, as well as their tech and data providers. Tom covers all major areas of regulatory compliance and prudential regulation affecting investment firms, banks, fund managers and life insurers. He regularly advises on M&A, securities, derivatives, and complex commercial transactions in the regulated sector. His practice also covers advising financial and non-financial firms on the legal and regulatory issues arising out of commodities trading.

Tom has in-house experience gained on secondment to Morgan Stanley, primarily supporting the Sales and Trading business, and at MetLife, supporting a complex global restructuring. He is an active participant in the industry, as a member of the Financial Markets Law Committee's Banking, Infrastructure and Fintech Scoping Forums and through his contributions to various trade body working groups, including at UK Finance, ISDA and TISA.

Tom is well known in the retail platforms and investment sector for his work on fractional share trading since 2017. Tom also has an interest in AI and emerging technologies and their adoption in both law firms and the financial services industry more broadly.