Where there is change in the financial services sector, you will find our advisers at the apex. We innovate so that you can too.
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
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Advised leading crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer, on the FCA's approval of their prospectus for issuing cryptocurrency-linked exchange traded notes (cETNs) to both professional and retail investors in the UK. This marked the first retail cETN programme approved by the FCA since it officially lifted its four-year ban on retail access to crypto ETNs in early October 2025.
Advised Foresters Friendly Society, a mutual insurance provider on the proposed transfer of its UK insurance business to Shepherds Friendly.
Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited
Advised Aviva Investment Funds on the Part VII insurance business transfer of its UK individual protection business to Royal London.
Advised The Norton Group, a financial services provider, on securing a £230m senior warehouse facility with Citi, supporting the growth of its Norton Home Loans business across the first and second charge mortgage markets.
Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited and Alywn Insurance Company Limited
Advised Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited and Alwyn Insurance Company Limited, subsidiaries of Arch Re, on the successful completion of an insurance business transfer under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Advised a major UK retail and commercial bank on the increased facilities made available to a care home group owning multiple care home sites across Scotland.
Managing a contractual remediation programme to deal with changes required under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) for a European health insurance business.
Advised a club of UK banks providing term loan and revolving credit facilities to a group operating in the education sector.
Advised a major employment services provider on defending an employment tribunal claim.
Advised Thincats Limited, a specialist financial services provider, on ad hoc employment matters.
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With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.
Partner, Head of Financial Services
EmailIain is Financial Services Sector Head and leads our non-contentious insurance practice. He specialises in insurance regulation and distribution, advising major insurers on complex strategic and regulatory matters.
Partner
EmailStacey is experienced in all aspects of banking, restructuring and insolvency and specialises in the restructuring and trading of debt.
Partner
EmailHannah is a corporate partner advising leading financial services clients on domestic and cross-border transactions. She leads multi-disciplinary teams on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and reorganisations, with deep expertise in the insurance and wealth management sectors.
Legal Director, Avocat à la Cour
EmailJennifer advises fund sponsors, asset managers, financial institutions and investors on the creation and operation of Luxembourg investment structures. With over 15 years’ experience, she supports clients on regulatory, governance and strategic matters across traditional and alternative investment funds.
Partner
EmailWalter is a corporate M&A lawyer, with a primary focus on deals in the financial services sector across the UK, particularly for clients with a strong presence in Scotland.
Legal Director
EmailRoss is an experienced finance and restructuring lawyer who specialises in trading, and the associated workout of, all forms of debt and the delivery of large, technology-assisted projects for banks and other financial services clients.
Partner
EmailRob has significant experience on M&A and private capital transactions, acting for investors, management teams and portfolio companies across the private equity life cycle, including bolt on M&A, exits and continuation fund investments, focusing on the professional services and wealth management sectors.
Partner
EmailRichard advises clients across the commercial property investment market including institutional investors, specialist retail property investment companies, shopping centre owners, UK pension funds, high profile retailers and corporate clients with major real estate portfolios.
Orbital has built specific workflows for Scottish commercial real estate work, built around Scots Law and Scottish real estate practice
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Penta Real Estate on its investment into a landmark £230 million-plus joint venture with Staycity Group and advised the joint venture on the financing arrangements for the development, which will deliver a 350-room Wilde aparthotel in the heart of London's Farringdon district.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised manufacturing companies PROXMUS and Promus on the sale of their businesses to CGH Innovation, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of steel tanks and a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, a global private equity firm headquartered in Miami.
Iain Sawers
Partner, Head of Financial Services
