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Rob Moulton

Position
Rob Moulton is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins. He specializes in financial services regulatory advice and has vast experience advising investment banks, governments, corporate finance houses, clearing houses, fund managers, insurers, stockbrokers, and online trading business on a variety of legal and regulatory risk management matters. Rob has particular expertise in the FCA’s Conduct of Business Rules, European regulatory developments such as MiFID and MAR, and contested enforcement actions.
He is recognized in the Hall of Fame in The Legal 500 for financial services non-contentious regulatory. He is the former Chair of the firm’s Financial Institutions Industry Group.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
(Hall of Fame)Praised for its ‘breadth and depth of knowledge and experience’, Latham & Watkins handles the financial services regulatory aspects of high-value transactions, in addition to advising on matters concerning ESG, market infrastructure and consumer credit. Rob Moulton
focuses on European regulatory developments, including MiFID and MAR, and jointly leads the team alongside Nicola Higgs, who co-chairs the firm’s global financial institutions industry group. Higgs acts for global investment enterprises on the sale of derivative products to professional and retail investors. Becky Critchley advises on consumer protection and lending, MiFID compliance and benchmark regulation, while Anne Mainwaring has ‘impressive knowledge’ of ESG regulatory developments.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Acquisition finance