Regulatory Compliance & Legislation

Our international Financial Services Regulatory group is at the cutting edge of the development of new financial techniques, institutions and transactions. We have over 80 lawyers across our international network, covering all of the world's principal financial markets. With their extensive regulatory experience, they lead thinking on regulatory developments and assist clients in lobbying on, planning for and implementing changes as they occur.

Assignments range from the development of new structured products to the documentation of new market standards in the European securities market and of new regulators and markets in the Middle East. Our lawyers frequently advise on a broad range of complex regulatory matters, including regulatory capital; compliance; mortgages and consumer credit; trading documentation, including terms of business and trading agreements; custody, prime brokerage and clearing; insider dealing; market abuse and outsourcing.

Insight

Ordinance no. 2010-76 dated 21 January 2010 (the Ordinance) established a new single French regulator for the financial services and insurance industries, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel (the authority of prudential supervision, ACP).
Luxembourg newest market trends and liability issues on the financial markets.

deals & cases

Allen & Overy LLP is advising BNP Paribas Fortis on its disposal of Artemis Asset Management to Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (AMG) and the Artemis management team.
The judgment represents a clear victory for Segregated Clients (represented by Allen & Overy) as we successfully defended the client money pool from claims in excess of $3 billion which were asserted by the Unsegregated Clients and the Lehman companies.
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