Financial & Professional Services

Financial and Professional Services businesses face unprecedented disruption from technology, changing economies, Brexit, and regulatory changes.

Our team take the time to understand the challenges and opportunities faced by you, your customers and your business. Our goal is to provide proactive and commercially focussed solutions to the challenges you face so that you are free to focus on the future with confidence.

Our Financial Service experts act for clients across all sectors and work collaboratively with colleagues across our Group to ensure that you receive the best possible advice. Our services are client-centric, partner-led, and value for money.

We have specialist expertise in:

  • Banking & Finance
  • Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Treasury & Financial Services
  • Funds and Investments
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Building Societies
  • Family Offices and Trusts
  • Insurance
  • Pensions
  • Tax.

In addition to our legal services, we can offer real industry insight gained from the collective knowledge and experience of our diverse team.

We have particular experience of working with major UK clearing banks, international corporate banks, and challenger banks, financial institutions and non-bank lenders, investors, SME and mid-market corporates, family offices, trusts, and professional advisers and intermediaries. A number of our legal experts have worked as secondees or in-house for significant banks, the FCA, and other regulatory bodies.

Is your business switched on to the benefits of ESG? Is diversity and inclusion embedded in your organisation? And are you staying legally complaint? From helpful guides to online training and ESG reports to insightful podcasts, our practical resources will help your business stay on the front foot.

  • Diversity and inclusion resources for your business – with the growing momentum and greater accountability of diversity and inclusion, you can’t ignore the need to invest in a comprehensive, long-term approach to building an empowering environment for your employees.
  • ESG services – it’s important to seek the right advice to help you deliver an ESG strategy with sustainable outcomes. That’s why we’re here to help.
  • Supporting you with banking & finance – our banking and finance lawyers are a dynamic, experienced and integrated national team. Find out how we can support you on a wide range of finance matters.
  • Restructuring and insolvency services for lenders – our cradle-to-grave offering for financial institutions means we can provide detailed and tailored restructuring and insolvency advice to lenders and borrowers.

Find out more about interest rate swaps, other types of interest rate derivatives, the regulations and common points to think about on a deal here.

Contact Us

Our specialist lawyers provide a full range of legal services for the financial and professional services sector. Give our friendly team a call on 0808 291 4962 or get in touch online.

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UK Powerhouse - Coronavirus and the UK Economy

Our latest economic report looks at how coronavirus has affected different sectors around the country. We've assessed the impact of home-working on the Financial & Professional Services sector, with an in-depth forecasts for key UK regions.

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Find one of our solicitors near you

We have offices in major cities throughout the UK and our lawyers can arrange to visit you or your business in person if necessary. We also have international capability, with global links to other legal specialists.