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gunnercooke LLP Offices

gunnercooke LLP
1 CORNHILL
LONDON
EC3V 3ND
England
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James Burnie

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+44 (0) 7557 371 480 james.burnie@gunnercooke.com View profile

Work Department

Financial Services Regulation and FinTech

Position

Partner

Career

James advises a wide range of firms on financial services regulation and FinTech. He advises financial institutions on all aspects of EU and UK financial regulation. This includes advisory, project and transactional work in connection with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, the Capital Requirements Directive and Regulation, the FCA Handbook and PRA Rulebook (including conduct of business obligations and financial promotions), the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and regulatory perimeter questions.

James’s cryptoassets and blockchain work is award winning, receiving runner-up at the Crypto AM Awards 2020, ‘Standout‘’ at the FT Innovation in Legal Expertise Awards 2018; ‘Highly Commended’ at the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards 2017 and ‘Highly Commended / Runner Up’ at Legalweek: The British legal Awards 2017.

He took an MA in law from Cambridge University, and a specialist corporate and commercial LLM from the London School of Economics, where his specialisms included Information Technology and the Law. James has lectured with LexisNexis, and publishes on FinTech matters, including with the Journal of International Banking and Financial Law.

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Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory

gunnercooke LLP further bolstered its standout expertise in cryptoassets with the arrival of Gareth Malna from Stephenson Law in March 2023, who handles regulatory matters concerning asset management, payment services and electronic money. Other key contacts in the group include James Burnie, who navigates on all aspects of EU and UK financial regulation ‘with great skill and knowledge’, and Edward Black.

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech

The ‘incredibly proactive and efficient’ team at gunnercooke LLP focuses on matters relating to cryptoassets, blockchain and Web3. Key names to note include James Burnie, who is praised for his ‘unmatched knowledge and experience in the Web3 space’, while Kathryn Dodds‘ Web3 knowledge is frequently brought to bear in work for clients from the creative arts industry. Will Foulkes, who joined from Stephenson Law in January 2023, expands the firm’s capabilities in corporate, commercial and regulatory law relating to blockchain technologies.

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