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Yasmin Johal is a Senior Associate at CMS, specialising in UK, UAE and KSA crypto, fintech and financial services regulation within the firm’s Financial Services Regulation team. Recognised by The Legal 500 as a “Key Lawyer for FinTech Regulatory,” she advises companies on regulatory strategy and serves as a board adviser supporting the development of fintech curricula in higher education.
Yasmin provides specialist regulatory advice and helps shape policy and market developments across the global fintech and financial services sectors. She has experience across investment, corporate and private banking, as well as fiduciary management, spanning both UK and US financial markets. She has also spent time in Dubai helping to build CMS’s FinTech and Regulatory practice in MENA. Yasmin currently co leads the Regulation Working Group at CryptoUK, the UK’s leading trade association for digital and crypto assets, and has presented to Parliament’s Crypto and Digital Assets APPG on the UK’s cryptoasset strategy.
A recognised thought leader, Yasmin publishes innovative, forward looking commentary on the fintech industry. She is a frequent technology speaker, podcast host and an advocate for increasing female and ethnic minority representation in fintech. She has authored widely on financial regulation, fintech and innovation, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
