Amar Unadkat > Proskauer Rose LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Proskauer Rose LLP
8 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Work Department

Corporate; Private Investment Funds

Position

Amar Unadkat is a special regulatory counsel in Proskauer’s Corporate Department and a member of the Private Investment Funds Group.

Amar advises on a variety of UK and European financial services regulatory and compliance matters, both in the investment funds space and also on regulatory M&A transactions.

Amar regularly advises his clients on issues relating to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”), the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (“MiFID II”), as well as the latest ESG developments. Amar also focusses on UK regulatory compliance matters, including the FCA’s change of control regime, the appointed representative regime and the Senior Managers & Certification Regime.

Amar’s clients include private equity firms, investment managers and advisers, firms in the FinTech space, wealth management businesses, banks and sovereign wealth funds.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Counting private asset managers, including private funds, hedge funds and portfolio managers, among its key roster of clients, Proskauer Rose LLP handles a range of matters concerning AIFMD, ESG, the impact of securitisation regulation on sovereign wealth funds, post-Brexit and fintech. Practice leader and private funds expert John Verwey gives clients ‘every confidence that no problem is insurmountable’. Amar Unadkat, who ‘provides clear and succinct advice on complex regulatory matters’, is another key contact in the group.