Mr Azad Ali > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Azad Ali
Work Department
Financial Institutions
Position
Of Counsel
Career
Azad Ali leads Skadden’s U.K. and EU financial services regulation practice, which covers a wide spectrum of sectors including banking, investment banking, market infrastructure, fintech, asset management, insurance and regulated businesses generally in the London and European markets.
In the banking sector, Mr. Ali advises on all aspects of bank capital and prudential matters, bank resolution (BRRD, Banking Act) and structural reform and reorganizations (ring-fencing, subsidiarisation), governance, remuneration, systems and controls, and various conduct of business issues.
In relation to financial markets, Mr. Ali advises both sell-side and buy-side institutions on derivatives and securities financing regulation including EMIR, MiFID II, Benchmarks Regulation/IBOR reform and market abuse. His capital markets experience covers regulatory capital issuances, securitisation and structured finance as well as debt and equity issuances generally.
Mr. Ali also has extensive experience acting for exchange and clearing groups and other market infrastructure providers in relation to M&A activity as well as advisory work across all aspects of their businesses.
Mr. Ali’s experience in the fintech area extends to blockchain/DLT applications, cryptoassets and exchanges, payment services/e-money, peer-to-peer lending, and other artificial intelligence and machine learning businesses.
Education
- B.C.L., University of Oxford, 1998
- Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law, 1996
- M.A., University of Oxford, 1995
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP is well placed to advise on major M&A transactions, data protection issues, regulatory mandates and international arbitrations. Practice head Simon Toms has a proven track record of advising on corporate transactions in the fintech arena. Azad Ali is equipped to advise on the regulatory aspects of crypto and NFT projects, while Eve-Christie Vermynck brings her knowledge of intellectual property and data protection issues to bear on an array of fintech mandates. Patrick Tsitsaros and Abigail Reeves are further names to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition