Jan Putnis > Slaughter and May > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Slaughter and May Offices
ONE BUNHILL ROW
LONDON
EC1Y 8YY
England
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Jan Putnis
Work Department
Financial Regulation
Financial Institutions Group
Asset Management
Banking and Finance
Corporate and M&A
Global Investigations
Position
Partner; Jan is Head of our Financial Regulation Group and co-Head of our Financial Institutions Group.
Jan’s practice focuses on matters of strategic importance to financial institutions, with particular emphasis on regulatory advice (both contentious and non-contentious) and multi-jurisdictional corporate and commercial transactions. He acts for a broad range of financial institutions, including banks, investment banks, brokers, insurance and reinsurance groups, market infrastructure operators, asset managers and fintech businesses.
Jan has been at the forefront of the industry’s thought leadership on the impact of Brexit, which includes working with several industry bodies, such as UK Finance and TheCityUK. He is recognised as a leading individual in the ‘Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory’ section of Chambers UK, and is the contributing editor of The Banking Regulation Review (Law Business Research, since 2010). He is a regular contributor to PLC Magazine and a member of the Financial Markets Law Committee.
Career
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
(Hall of Fame)Fielding a team of ‘high-quality lawyers with excellent market knowledge and commercial acumen’, Slaughter and May handles a broad range of financial services regulatory matters, including advisory issues, such as policy developments, and the regulatory aspects of large-scale transactions. Practice leader Jan Putnis services a diverse roster of financial institutions, with notable expertise in cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, while Nick Bonsall acts for insurers, banks and asset managers, demonstrating a keen interest in the EU/UK regulatory regimes for solvency/own funds and governance. Other key contacts in the team include senior counsels Kristina Locmele and Tim Fosh, and ‘pragmatic’ David Shone. Head of the EU financial regulation practice Sabine Dittrich joined the firm from UBS Asset Management in January 2023.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
Working with established fintech players and new disruptors alike, a number of neobanks, insuretechs, payment service providers, financial regulatory bodies, and financial data companies engage Slaughter and May for assistance with various strategically important projects. Rob Sumroy – co-head of the practice – manages a varied workload which includes good governance and compliance-related advice for fast-scaling fintechs. Fellow co-head James Cook is equipped to advise across a wide range of corporate matters, from business establishment to listings, while UK payments and e-money expert David Shone rounds out the leadership team. Regulatory expert Jan Putnis‘ contentious and non-contentious capabilities are called upon by heavyweights in the space, while Tim Fosh is noted for his expertise in transactional structuring and the UK bank ring-fencing regime.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial
- Fintech London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- 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: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)