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.

In addition to our financial services regulatory expertise, we also have a market-leading global environmental law group who's lawyers regularly advise on a wide range of environmental regulatory issues.