Every business needs lawyers who understand it and how it is regulated.

The complex regulation of financial services businesses makes it even more crucial – and challenging – to find a team of external lawyers who truly understand your business and you.

Addleshaw Goddard's financial regulation team is independently recognised as first rate and having "client focus and a pragmatic approach in complicated situations". The team advises on the full range of issues affecting financial services clients including: Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules; the Building Societies Act; data protection; the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID); Treating Customers Fairly (TCF); and Retail Distribution Review (RDR). Other issues include anti-money laundering, consumer credit, insurance, conduct of business, customer documentation, e-commerce and advertising and marketing regulation.

Our advice addresses how evolving legislation, regulation and market frameworks affect existing businesses. We also advise on the development of new products and services and the establishment of new financial services businesses (including advice on authorisations and passporting into and from other EU jurisdictions). We are experienced in the regulatory and due diligence aspects of transactions in the financial services sector.

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