Bank Regulation
Both retail and investment banks are faced with an ever wider regulatory framework at both a national and international level.
Compliance requirements range from conduct of business rules around marketing and passporting financial products to overarching prudential requirements for capital, liquidity and recovery and resolution planning.
Our team advises the world’s leading banks on a very wide range of regulations. We have invested in building a large global team that provides expert advice and interacts with regulators on a day-to-day basis.
Areas we advise and assist clients on include:
- Authorisation applications - across a wide range of banking activities and in multiple different jurisdictions.
- Structural and regulatory reform - implementing compliance programmes and helping with business re-design processes.
- Consumer finance and retail - designing new retail products and advising on conduct of business rules for marketing and sales.
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Publications: 17 FEBRUARY 2020
Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 07 February - 13 February 2020
Allen & Overy publish weekly updates on key regulatory topics affecting the financial services sector.
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Publications: 17 FEBRUARY 2020
U.S. Treasury implements Final FIRRMA Regulations
This week, new regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) went into effect to finalize and comprehensively implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA). These newly-amended regulations (the Final FIRRMA Regulations) both broaden the jurisdictional scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and institute key exceptions scaling CFIUS’s authority over certain foreign investments.
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Publications: 13 FEBRUARY 2020
Financial Regulatory Focus: Expected Developments in the Year of the Rat
As we move into the year of the rat, we consider some of the key areas of financial regulatory development that are expected this year in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Publications: 10 FEBRUARY 2020
Two recent settlements in the United States have highlighted the risks for parties involved in aviation and shipping of incurring liabilities for a breach of sanctions.
Read moreRecognition for our work
We get really sound advice. Their regulatory lawyers work well with the rest of the firm so we get a good, well-rounded approach. In terms of quality of advice they're a cut above the other firms.
Chamber UK 2018 - Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
It's the kind of firm that you rely on not just for their US knowledge but the fact that they have roots internationally. They bring a global perspective that's really helpful.
Chambers USA 2018 - Financial Services Regulation
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