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Mr Joe Hewton
Work Department
Counsel; Financial Regulatory
Position
Joe Hewton is counsel in Akin’s financial regulatory group. He advises financial institution clients on matters of regulatory compliance, with particular experience in defending clients in investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). Joe’s recent contentious regulatory experience includes assisting clients (both corporates and individuals) in internal and regulatory investigations, including Regulatory Decisions Committee hearings; preparing for regulatory interviews; evaluating individual accountability, including fitness and propriety assessments; notifying and preparing reports for the FCA; and responding to information requirements. He also has experience advising on authorisations and approvals, including change of control; regulatory change projects, including the regime for individual accountability and associated post-implementation advice; cross-border compliance advice; market conduct and governance; and perimeter issues.
To learn more about Mr Hewton, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/joe-hewton.html
Education
L.P.C., BPP Law School, England, 2011; LL.B. with Business, University of Birmingham, 2010.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Acquisition finance