Global Financial Services Regulation

Our financial services regulatory practice advises financial institution clients on all aspects of the UK and EU financial services regulatory framework. We have taken a leading role in advising the financial services industry on regulatory actions and the impact of EU legislation (including AIFMD, MiFID and the Market Abuse Directive). Our team in the UK, the US and Asia  advise on cross-border financial services advisory matters and investigations to provide clients with a fully-integrated set of legal services focused on securities law, compliance and regulation.

Our litigation practice focuses on complex, high-value English law disputes, typically with an international aspect. We are involved in many of the highest-profile disputes in London, spanning financial institutions, energy, telecommunications, construction, M&A, investment funds and shareholder issues, with a focus on distressed debt, financial restructuring, shareholder activism and insolvency litigation.

Our global investigations and compliance practice brings together lawyers who have deep substantive experience in specific industry sectors, and lawyers with proven track records of leading important investigations both in private practice and in government service on behalf of prosecutors’ offices, regulatory agencies and legislative committees.

Akin Gump’s financial services policy team is actively engaged on a wide range of public policy matters impacting the financial services sector and involving U.S. domestic legislative, regulatory and economic bodies.  This includes issues before the House Financial Services and the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committees, as well as before federal agencies such as the departments of the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).