Financial services regulatory investigations are the central focus of Norton Rose Fulbright‘s practice. The firm regularly acts for clients in AML and financial misconduct cases, general regulatory compliance and related remedial actions, and enforcement orders. Outside of finance, the practice oversees complex internal investigations at a cross-border scale. Practice head Matthew Shanahan has international experience in financial regulations and related contentious work. Karl Masi specialises in enforcement actions and Hasanali Pirbhai has a broad regulatory practice.
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- 'Hasanali Pirbhai and Karl Masi are the stars in the team. Both are hard-working, responsive, and knowledgeable in UAE regulatory rules (SCA, DFSA and ADGM). We are satisfied with their advice and service.'
- 'Norton Rose is our go-to team for regulatory advice (both contentious and non-contentious). So far this is the only legal team which we consider having the necessary capacity to advise on all aspects of our business from a UAE financial regulatory perspective.'
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Practice head
Matthew Shanahan
Other key lawyers
Karl Masi; Hasanali Pirbhai