Financial Services & Regulation

Financial institutions are increasingly operating in a rapidly changing and evolving environment. Following the global financial crisis, regulators are focused on proactively developing regulation to ensure oversight and supervision is increased and improved to both govern conduct and ultimately protect the consumer.

As a result the regulatory landscape has been fundamentally impacted and regulated businesses need to ensure that they are adapting appropriately and keeping abreast of these continuous developments.

Our financial services & regulation team works with financial services clients to deliver creative and practical solutions on all aspects of their regulation and compliance matters. Our team represents a mix of domestic and international lenders and borrowers, including major banks, investment firms, senior lenders, mezzanine lenders, hedge funds, developers, and investment services providers on a range of financing and financial regulation matters.

The team brings together lawyers specialising in different areas of the financial services and regulatory sector. We advise on everything from acquisition financing and debt restructuring to loan portfolio financing and financial regulation. We have particular expertise in managing complex, large scale client assignments and are known for our ability to create project management solutions. For example, managing significant projects in relation to the acquisition and disposal of loan portfolios. 

We also advise on all aspects of financial regulation including licensing and authorisation, prudential regulatory requirements, governance, fitness and probity regime, individual accountability and SEAR, engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland including regarding remediation projects and investigations, new products to market, risk and compliance and the impact of regulatory change.

As part of a full service firm, we draw on the skills and technical knowledge of lawyers from other parts of the firm including corporate, banking and finance, commercial real estate, construction, private equity, insolvency, and litigation enhancing its ability to deliver practical and commercial solutions to clients.