Matthew Ivor-Jones
Associate
London
Matthew Ivor-Jones
Associate
London
Contact details
Matthew advises on a broad array of regulatory matters in the financial sector, including advice that relates to ESG and sustainable finance, banking and investment services, financial market infrastructure, M&A mandates and payments and fintech.
He has experience advising on the UK regulatory perimeter and post-Brexit structuring, sustainable finance and ESG regulation, UK MiFID II, derivatives regulation, financial market infrastructure and payments systems, recovery and resolution frameworks and on regulatory capital requirements, in addition to more general legal issues arising in the financial services industry.
Matthew advises a wide range of clients on cross-border issues, from major financial institutions and global banks to fintech companies and asset managers.
During his training contract, Matthew was seconded to the UK and EU regulatory reform team at a leading US bank.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
MA, History, Cambridge University, 2016
LLM, Commercial Legal Practice, BPP University, 2019
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
MA, History, Cambridge University, 2016
LLM, Commercial Legal Practice, BPP University, 2019
Pro-bono experience
- Pro-bono secondment to a Greek NGO to provide legal assistance to asylum seekers.
- Advised a charity on human rights breaches against a minority group based in Central Africa for an arbitration case.
- Research for a charity on jury selection discrimination for death row cases in certain US states.
- Research projects for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Street Child.
- While on secondment to a US bank, contributed to the Chancery Lane Project drafting climate net-zero aligned clauses for contracts.
- Mentor with GROW Mentoring.
- Advised individual clients at various legal clinics across London.
