Linklaters LLP

Financial regulation

Partner

Alastair advises banks, insurers, broker-dealers, asset managers, wealth managers and other financial services firms (as well as those seeking to invest in them) on applicable regulation, including in relation to:

the regulatory licenses that firms need to provide their products and services in the UK and other countries; conduct of business, including the regulatory rules that firms need to comply with when designing and distributing their products and services, and when dealing in secondary markets; governance, including the arrangements which firms need to have in place to control their business and regulatory risk, such as internal policies, systems and controls, as well as advice on organisational design and target operating models; prudential regulation, including identifying the rules that apply and their impact, group structuring, and how the PRA/FCA are likely to view certain arrangements; corporate transactions in the financial services sector, including regulatory due diligence, deal structuring, regulatory filings, and the regulatory aspects of prospectuses and offering circulars.

Over the last few years, Alastair has been doing an increasing amount of work in the insurance sector. This includes regulatory support on transactions and advice on regulatory compliance issues for insurers and insurance brokers.

Earlier in his career, Alastair completed secondments to Barclays and the Financial Structuring team within Linklaters. Prior to training as a lawyer, Alastair worked within the Compliance function of large US headquartered financial institution.