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Albert Weatherill
Work Department
Financial services
Position
Albert Weatherill is a financial services lawyer based in London. He focuses on financial services regulation, FinTech and is a global lead of our payments practice.
Albert has a broad range of experience advising banks, investment managers, retail and institutional brokers, financial sponsors, market makers and high frequency traders, technology companies, exchanges, payment services providers and electronic money institutions in relation to domestic and cross-border financial services matters.
Albert’s diverse practice involves advising clients on regulatory compliance, regulatory change, governance, risk management, market abuse, trading, clearing and settlement, lending, conduct, prudential regulation, client money and custody. In particular, Albert focuses on the design, development, commercialization and regulation of innovative financial services and products, particularly across mobile and digital payments, digital assets issuance and trading, cryptoassets market infrastructure, banking as a service, consumer and corporate lending, decentralized finance, blockchain and distributed ledger technology.
In addition to his broad advisory practice, Albert has extensive experience acting on mergers and acquisitions, private and public capital markets transactions, and restructurings involving financial institutions. He has represented clients on a range of complex and multijurisdictional transactions, including Advent International, Bain Capital, Charles Stanley, General Atlantic, Pay.UK, Barclays, IG, HSBC, KKR, Carne, Starling Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, The Northern Trust Corporation, Saxo Bank and Virtu Financial.
Prior to qualification, Albert was seconded to the trade association of the UK payments industry, gaining experience working closely with the UK’s payment schemes, banks and payment infrastructure providers.
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Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
(Next Generation Partners)The team at Norton Rose Fulbright
is ‘at the top of its game’ in the wholesale markets arena, with a strong focus advising on retail and wealth management matters, often involving cross-border elements on account of the firm’s international footprint. Jonathan Herbst
spearheads the global financial services regulation group and stands out for his expertise in bank structuring, while Hannah Meakin provides ‘exceptional advice’ on matters concerning market infrastructure, commodities derivatives and fintech. Albert Weatherill, who spearheads the payments practice, and policy development expert Matthew Gregory were promoted to partnership in January 2023. Katie Stephen, who co-heads the contentious financial services group, is another key contact.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
(Next Generation Partners)Engaged by clients including major financial institutions, trade bodies, insurtech startups and payment infrastructure providers, Norton Rose Fulbright advises on matters across the fintech spectrum, including payments systems, distributed ledger technology, digital assets, decentralised finance and transformative transactions. The practice is jointly led by five partners. Global head of fintech Sean Murphy is well placed to advise on the development and deployment of financial services technology. Co-head of payments Victoria Birch advises clients ranging from governments to start-ups on fundraisings, regulatory compliance strategic investments into fintech companies. Fellow co-head of payments Albert Weatherill advises on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financial services regulatory matters. Hannah Meakin, who heads the fintech regulation department, is an authority on the use of distributed ledger technology in relation to market infrastructure and commodity derivatives. Head of insurtech Nicholas Berry, who completes the leadership team, has an in-depth understanding of the deployment of emerging technology in the insurance space. James Russell and Michael (Mike) Knapper are further names to note.
Lawyer Rankings
- Fintech London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Next Generation Partners London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Next Generation Partners London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport