Office Address
Eighth Floor, Ten Bishops Square
London, E1 6EG
Our London office is the hub for the firm’s international practice and its third largest office. The firm’s strategy in London has always been to grow practices that complement its core strengths globally. This has resulted in the growth of a fully integrated office advising clients at the top of their respective markets.
The core strengths on which the office is founded are financial restructuring, corporate and equity capital markets, debt finance, special situations and private credit, project finance, energy and renewables, private equity, litigation and international arbitration, financial services regulatory, investment management, EU/U.K. competition, international trade and tax. The integrated nature of the practice means that our London lawyers work closely, and on a regular basis, with their counterparts across the globe.
Office Leadership
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Browse London Services
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Our European financial restructuring practice is an integral part of a wider global financial restructuring practice operating across London, Hong Kong, New York, Dallas and Washington, D.C. We have an excellent reputation in the market and are consistently ranked as a top-tier firm by Chambers, The Legal 500 and other legal directories.
We have significant experience representing creditors on large-scale and complex restructurings, recapitalizations and financings for distressed companies. Our well-established and experienced lawyers are highly adept at handling complex restructurings and structured finance arrangements, and have advised on some of the most significant cross-border restructurings in the market, including recent work on Agrokor, Metrocentre, Nordic Aviation Capital, Nostrum, Premier Oil, Swissport, Travelex and Valaris.
Our enviable portfolio of clients includes many of the world’s leading financial institutions, specialist investment funds, debt investors, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds and more. We advise them on their stressed and distressed investments in maximizing the value of those investments, and we are particularly effective at harmonizing divergent interests and building consensus.
Clients that turn to us for advice come from a wide range of sectors, including traditional and renewable energy, financial services, private equity, insurance, technology, telecommunications, business services and outsourcing, transportation, shipping, maritime and manufacturing.
Our European financial restructuring practice is an integral part of a wider global financial restructuring practice operating across London, Hong Kong, New York, Dallas and Washington, D.C. We have an excellent reputation in the market and are consistently ranked as a top-tier firm by Chambers, The Legal 500 and other legal directories.
We have significant experience representing creditors on large-scale and complex restructurings, recapitalizations and financings for distressed companies. Our well-established and experienced lawyers are highly adept at handling complex restructurings and structured finance arrangements, and have advised on some of the most significant cross-border restructurings in the market, including recent work on Agrokor, Metrocentre, Nordic Aviation Capital, Nostrum, Premier Oil, Swissport, Travelex and Valaris.
Our enviable portfolio of clients includes many of the world’s leading financial institutions, specialist investment funds, debt investors, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds and more. We advise them on their stressed and distressed investments in maximizing the value of those investments, and we are particularly effective at harmonizing divergent interests and building consensus.
Clients that turn to us for advice come from a wide range of sectors, including traditional and renewable energy, financial services, private equity, insurance, technology, telecommunications, business services and outsourcing, transportation, shipping, maritime and manufacturing.
Our London corporate team principally advises on high-end corporate work, including public/private mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and takeovers, debt for equity swaps, take privates, schemes of arrangement and strategic corporate advice.
We also represent numerous multibillion-dollar investment funds on special situation and private credit investments, distressed investing (and subsequent exits), merger arbitrage and activist situations, and equity restructurings, as well as domestic and cross-border regulatory and policy issues.
The London team is a recognized player in international private equity transactions and advises on matters throughout Europe, the United States, as well as the Middle East, Asia, Africa and other emerging markets, setting us apart from other leading international firms.
The team has very strong M&A experience in the private equity, energy, renewables, infrastructure, technology and telecommunications sectors.
Our London corporate team principally advises on high-end corporate work, including public/private mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and takeovers, debt for equity swaps, take privates, schemes of arrangement and strategic corporate advice.
We also represent numerous multibillion-dollar investment funds on special situation and private credit investments, distressed investing (and subsequent exits), merger arbitrage and activist situations, and equity restructurings, as well as domestic and cross-border regulatory and policy issues.
The London team is a recognized player in international private equity transactions and advises on matters throughout Europe, the United States, as well as the Middle East, Asia, Africa and other emerging markets, setting us apart from other leading international firms.
The team has very strong M&A experience in the private equity, energy, renewables, infrastructure, technology and telecommunications sectors.
Our equity capital markets lawyers have a wealth of experience advising closed-ended investment funds as well as trading companies on both the official list of the London Stock Exchange and the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Originating with listed investment trusts, the practice is at the forefront of the listed closed-end funds of the hedge funds area.
We act for single-purpose/strategy/manager hedge funds, drawing on our array of contacts in the hedge fund industry. We also have extensive experience advising companies that are listed on the AIM market and, in this regard, we have acted for companies, Nomads and underwriters on numerous initial public offerings (IPOs) and secondary offerings, including advising Deutsche Bank on the $100-million IPO of India Hospitality Corporation, the first-ever underwritten special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) offering on the AIM.
Our equity capital markets lawyers have a wealth of experience advising closed-ended investment funds as well as trading companies on both the official list of the London Stock Exchange and the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Originating with listed investment trusts, the practice is at the forefront of the listed closed-end funds of the hedge funds area.
We act for single-purpose/strategy/manager hedge funds, drawing on our array of contacts in the hedge fund industry. We also have extensive experience advising companies that are listed on the AIM market and, in this regard, we have acted for companies, Nomads and underwriters on numerous initial public offerings (IPOs) and secondary offerings, including advising Deutsche Bank on the $100-million IPO of India Hospitality Corporation, the first-ever underwritten special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) offering on the AIM.
Often at the center of today’s most complex and innovative transactions, our multidisciplinary finance team is dedicated to advising clients on precedent-setting new financings, as well as workouts and restructurings in the United Kingdom, Europe, emerging markets and other international jurisdictions, complementing the similar offering that we provide to our clients in North America.
We represent institutional investors, investment funds, private equity houses, corporate borrowers and other parties that are active across the finance markets, in relation to direct lending, leveraged acquisition finance, distressed, “rescue” and special situations financings and debt capital markets, including private placement debt issuance, securitization, structured finance transactions and project financings.
Often at the center of today’s most complex and innovative transactions, our multidisciplinary finance team is dedicated to advising clients on precedent-setting new financings, as well as workouts and restructurings in the United Kingdom, Europe, emerging markets and other international jurisdictions, complementing the similar offering that we provide to our clients in North America.
We represent institutional investors, investment funds, private equity houses, corporate borrowers and other parties that are active across the finance markets, in relation to direct lending, leveraged acquisition finance, distressed, “rescue” and special situations financings and debt capital markets, including private placement debt issuance, securitization, structured finance transactions and project financings.
Our special situations and private credit practices operate at the nexus of finance, securities, M&A, restructuring and fund formation. We have deep relationships throughout the credit and restructuring ecosystem, and service the life cycle of the credit community’s investments.
We work with the most active credit investors in the market, structuring novel debt and equity investments in companies seeking flexible financing and in unconventional and opportunistic financings. Distressed and other credit investors rely on us for their most complex structures, terms and instruments, and to find creative solutions to challenging credits. Our lawyers design innovative financings for stressed and distressed companies, focused on sustaining the company’s long-term business plan and avoiding a traditional in-court restructuring wherever possible.
Learn about our special situations and private credit capabilities.
Our special situations and private credit practices operate at the nexus of finance, securities, M&A, restructuring and fund formation. We have deep relationships throughout the credit and restructuring ecosystem, and service the life cycle of the credit community’s investments.
We work with the most active credit investors in the market, structuring novel debt and equity investments in companies seeking flexible financing and in unconventional and opportunistic financings. Distressed and other credit investors rely on us for their most complex structures, terms and instruments, and to find creative solutions to challenging credits. Our lawyers design innovative financings for stressed and distressed companies, focused on sustaining the company’s long-term business plan and avoiding a traditional in-court restructuring wherever possible.
Learn about our special situations and private credit capabilities.
Our project finance team advises clients on power generation projects encompassing gas, coal, oil, hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass technologies as well as waste-to-energy projects.
We also advise clients on embedded generation projects, energy storage, transmission and distribution projects, including the range of services to grid required as a result of the increasing role played by renewable technologies in the generation mix. In addition to our work in the power sector, our team advises on oil and gas, process plant and petrochemical projects as well as infrastructure project financings across multiple asset classes including transportation, defence, waste and water.
The London office’s clients include developers, funds and lenders, as well as governments and contractors, and much of the team’s recent work has been in sub-Saharan Africa, where we have substantial experience in Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)-funded power projects involving the International Finance Corporation (IFC), African Development Bank (AfDB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank (EIB), Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Proparco, Banque de Développement des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (BDEAC), Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), German Investment Corporation (DEG), Swedfund and Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF).
The project finance team works closely with the energy and wider corporate teams and has particular experience in advising funds on the acquisition, disposal or restructuring of conventional power, renewable energy, mining and infrastructure-related project portfolios, which have been financed on a limited recourse basis.
Our project finance team advises clients on power generation projects encompassing gas, coal, oil, hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass technologies as well as waste-to-energy projects.
We also advise clients on embedded generation projects, energy storage, transmission and distribution projects, including the range of services to grid required as a result of the increasing role played by renewable technologies in the generation mix. In addition to our work in the power sector, our team advises on oil and gas, process plant and petrochemical projects as well as infrastructure project financings across multiple asset classes including transportation, defence, waste and water.
The London office’s clients include developers, funds and lenders, as well as governments and contractors, and much of the team’s recent work has been in sub-Saharan Africa, where we have substantial experience in Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)-funded power projects involving the International Finance Corporation (IFC), African Development Bank (AfDB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank (EIB), Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Proparco, Banque de Développement des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (BDEAC), Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), German Investment Corporation (DEG), Swedfund and Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF).
The project finance team works closely with the energy and wider corporate teams and has particular experience in advising funds on the acquisition, disposal or restructuring of conventional power, renewable energy, mining and infrastructure-related project portfolios, which have been financed on a limited recourse basis.
The top-rated London office team has extensive experience in all aspects of the energy industry, including oil and gas, power and renewable energy. Our experience includes M&A, project development and finance; upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas transactions; sales and marketing agreements; energy dispute resolution; and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.
The team works closely with the restructuring practice on energy matters—particularly in Scandinavia—and has acted for bondholders on more than 40 financial restructurings and workouts in the offshore oil and gas, energy and mining sectors in recent years, making Akin a go-to firm for energy restructurings, especially in the high-yield bond market.
The team has advised—and continues to advise—bondholders or lenders on the majority of the European oil and gas restructurings since the downturn in oil prices, including all of the major exploration and production restructurings.
Further, we have extensive experience in transactions in emerging and frontier markets, including throughout Africa and Latin America.
The top-rated London office team has extensive experience in all aspects of the energy industry, including oil and gas, power and renewable energy. Our experience includes M&A, project development and finance; upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas transactions; sales and marketing agreements; energy dispute resolution; and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.
The team works closely with the restructuring practice on energy matters—particularly in Scandinavia—and has acted for bondholders on more than 40 financial restructurings and workouts in the offshore oil and gas, energy and mining sectors in recent years, making Akin a go-to firm for energy restructurings, especially in the high-yield bond market.
The team has advised—and continues to advise—bondholders or lenders on the majority of the European oil and gas restructurings since the downturn in oil prices, including all of the major exploration and production restructurings.
Further, we have extensive experience in transactions in emerging and frontier markets, including throughout Africa and Latin America.
Our disputes practice in London 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, technology, telecommunications, construction, M&A, civil fraud, investment funds and shareholder issues.
On the finance side, our key strengths include distressed debt, financial restructuring, shareholder activism and insolvency litigation; sovereign disputes; disputes involving complex creditor arrangements; complex, multiparty and cross-border disputes; and international asset-recovery.
In energy, we have a leading practice in oil and gas, LNG, power and renewables, disputes and, in recent years, have handled some of the most important and highest-value cases in the world.
Our disputes practice in London 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, technology, telecommunications, construction, M&A, civil fraud, investment funds and shareholder issues.
On the finance side, our key strengths include distressed debt, financial restructuring, shareholder activism and insolvency litigation; sovereign disputes; disputes involving complex creditor arrangements; complex, multiparty and cross-border disputes; and international asset-recovery.
In energy, we have a leading practice in oil and gas, LNG, power and renewables, disputes and, in recent years, have handled some of the most important and highest-value cases in the world.
Our international arbitration team in London handles a broad range of complex international disputes, including both English law commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations. The team acts on arbitrations under all of the major institutional rules and has particular experience in oil and gas, power, large-scale infrastructure, engineering and construction projects, joint ventures and cross-border investments.
Much of our practice involves working in teams drawn from across Akin’s global network, including other experienced arbitration practitioners operating out of the firm’s offices in the U.S., Geneva, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Our international arbitration team in London handles a broad range of complex international disputes, including both English law commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations. The team acts on arbitrations under all of the major institutional rules and has particular experience in oil and gas, power, large-scale infrastructure, engineering and construction projects, joint ventures and cross-border investments.
Much of our practice involves working in teams drawn from across Akin’s global network, including other experienced arbitration practitioners operating out of the firm’s offices in the U.S., Geneva, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Our financial services regulatory practice advises clients (which include institutional and alternative investment managers, retail and investment banks, brokerages and senior individuals within financial institutions) 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 the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the corresponding Regulation (MiFID II) and the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), as well as a wide range of other UK.and EU legal and regulatory enactments.
We frequently work with colleagues operating in the U.S. and Asia on cross-border financial services advisory matters and investigations to provide clients with fully integrated legal services focused on securities laws, compliance and regulation. Our understanding of the regulatory framework and regimes within multiple jurisdictions enables us to help clients to identify differences in the regulation of their businesses across the globe and manage risk accordingly.
Our contentious team, which is praised by Chambers UK for being “highly effective on big regulatory investigations” and having “an invaluable insight into the regulator’s stance,” is consistently recognized as a market leader for enforcement and investigations work, with an in-depth understanding gained from years of experience working at the regulators and for regulated businesses.
Our team assists clients with all aspects of dealing with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA), including investigations, information requests, product intervention queries, broader supervisory inquiries and thematic reviews, and s166 reports.
Our highly regarded non-contentious advisory team provides practical and commercial guidance on complex financial regulatory issues in the UK and the EU. Our team is consulted by clients’ senior management and compliance teams on the conduct of financial services business in the U.K. and the European Economic Area (EEA), often on a cross-border basis.
The team advises on issues including the requirement for, and obtainment of, authorization; the control and ownership of financial services firms; insider dealing and other market conduct queries; market abuse issues for issuers; queries relating to trading arrangements; the development of financial products and services; the implementation of governance systems and controls; the implementation of the senior managers and certification regime; and the marketing of financial services and products in the UK and the EEA.
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Our financial services regulatory practice advises clients (which include institutional and alternative investment managers, retail and investment banks, brokerages and senior individuals within financial institutions) 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 the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the corresponding Regulation (MiFID II) and the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), as well as a wide range of other UK.and EU legal and regulatory enactments.
We frequently work with colleagues operating in the U.S. and Asia on cross-border financial services advisory matters and investigations to provide clients with fully integrated legal services focused on securities laws, compliance and regulation. Our understanding of the regulatory framework and regimes within multiple jurisdictions enables us to help clients to identify differences in the regulation of their businesses across the globe and manage risk accordingly.
Our contentious team, which is praised by Chambers UK for being “highly effective on big regulatory investigations” and having “an invaluable insight into the regulator’s stance,” is consistently recognized as a market leader for enforcement and investigations work, with an in-depth understanding gained from years of experience working at the regulators and for regulated businesses.
Our team assists clients with all aspects of dealing with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA), including investigations, information requests, product intervention queries, broader supervisory inquiries and thematic reviews, and s166 reports.
Our highly regarded non-contentious advisory team provides practical and commercial guidance on complex financial regulatory issues in the UK and the EU. Our team is consulted by clients’ senior management and compliance teams on the conduct of financial services business in the U.K. and the European Economic Area (EEA), often on a cross-border basis.
The team advises on issues including the requirement for, and obtainment of, authorization; the control and ownership of financial services firms; insider dealing and other market conduct queries; market abuse issues for issuers; queries relating to trading arrangements; the development of financial products and services; the implementation of governance systems and controls; the implementation of the senior managers and certification regime; and the marketing of financial services and products in the UK and the EEA.
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Akin’s global investment management practice is widely recognized as a world leader in the areas of hedge funds, private equity funds and other alternative investment funds.
Our London team, which includes both U.K. and U.S. qualified lawyers, provides advice and support on structuring, establishment and capital-raising for alternative investment funds implementing a wide range of hedge fund strategies, as well as funds investing in private equity, listed shares, distressed debt and other credit-led opportunities, real estate, infrastructure and a broad range of other asset classes.
We advise fund managers on the structuring of their own businesses, including incentive arrangements for key personnel, and provide support in a wide range of areas in connection with the trading and investment of fund assets.
We have significant knowledge and experience in advising our clients on their fund-raising activities and negotiations with investors, including the creation of bespoke products and accounts for particular investors, such as club deals, platforms, programs and funds-of-one. We are also experienced in negotiating relationships with trading counterparties, prime brokers, financing providers, experienced custodians, administrators and other service providers for funds managed by our clients.
We have in-depth experience with emerging markets funds, including designing structures that are tax-efficient and address the limitations on inward investment funds in many developing countries. We are familiar with the issues that arise under local laws and how they have been solved, and we know the special risks of emerging economies and how to address them.
Working closely with lawyers in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, we provide advice on compliance-related matters, ranging from licensing and registration requirements in all jurisdictions in which we operate, to the application of law and regulation, to our clients’ investment and trading activities.
We work closely with a number of trade bodies around the globe to help our clients address the challenges of the rapid implementation of global regulatory change affecting the alternative asset management industry.
In particular, we are advising a significant number of the world’s leading alternative investment managers on adapting their businesses in a number of locations to address the requirements of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) registration, compliance with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ Directive and revisions to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regime. Our team also advise clients on the different regulatory regimes governing environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability requirements impacting fund managers in the U.K., U.S. and Asia.
Akin’s global investment management practice is widely recognized as a world leader in the areas of hedge funds, private equity funds and other alternative investment funds.
Our London team, which includes both U.K. and U.S. qualified lawyers, provides advice and support on structuring, establishment and capital-raising for alternative investment funds implementing a wide range of hedge fund strategies, as well as funds investing in private equity, listed shares, distressed debt and other credit-led opportunities, real estate, infrastructure and a broad range of other asset classes.
We advise fund managers on the structuring of their own businesses, including incentive arrangements for key personnel, and provide support in a wide range of areas in connection with the trading and investment of fund assets.
We have significant knowledge and experience in advising our clients on their fund-raising activities and negotiations with investors, including the creation of bespoke products and accounts for particular investors, such as club deals, platforms, programs and funds-of-one. We are also experienced in negotiating relationships with trading counterparties, prime brokers, financing providers, experienced custodians, administrators and other service providers for funds managed by our clients.
We have in-depth experience with emerging markets funds, including designing structures that are tax-efficient and address the limitations on inward investment funds in many developing countries. We are familiar with the issues that arise under local laws and how they have been solved, and we know the special risks of emerging economies and how to address them.
Working closely with lawyers in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, we provide advice on compliance-related matters, ranging from licensing and registration requirements in all jurisdictions in which we operate, to the application of law and regulation, to our clients’ investment and trading activities.
We work closely with a number of trade bodies around the globe to help our clients address the challenges of the rapid implementation of global regulatory change affecting the alternative asset management industry.
In particular, we are advising a significant number of the world’s leading alternative investment managers on adapting their businesses in a number of locations to address the requirements of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) registration, compliance with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ Directive and revisions to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regime. Our team also advise clients on the different regulatory regimes governing environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability requirements impacting fund managers in the U.K., U.S. and Asia.
Leading international competition and foreign investment practice: The EU/UK competition law team advises leading financial institutions and multinationals in complex behavioral, state aid, multi-jurisdictional merger control, foreign investment/national security and litigation cases across industries globally.
Robust cross-border transactional antitrust capabilities led from London: The competition team in London is the firm’s hub for all international (ex-U.S.) antitrust and foreign investment/national security expertise. All cross-border investigations and transactions giving rise to antitrust/competition issues and approvals are handled by the team. The team is known for leading and coordinating international antitrust and merger control investigations, across the full spectrum of transactions, including complex restructurings, M&A, joint ventures (JVs), and strategic, suggestivist and activist investments.
We advise clients before the European Commission and other EU institutions, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Investment Security Unit (ISU) and other UK government departments, Office of Communications (OFCOM), Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) and the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), as well as litigating before the European and U.K. courts.
The London team is supported by a network of Akin competition lawyers located in the key business centers throughout the U.S., Europe, China, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and Asia, working closely where appropriate with associated firms throughout Africa and LatAm.
A strong London presence underpins the firm’s leading competition law practice, with London being a global financial center, the seat of a leading competition authority (the CMA has continued its post-Brexit rise to prominence) and the London courts being the forum of choice for an increasing number of competition law damages claims in the EU.
We also provide strategic, regulatory advice across a wide number of industries, including, inter alia, technology/digital markets (including on the designated market area (DMA)), financial services, energy, aviation, industrial, chemicals, and life sciences.
Our international competition practice expands our antitrust and unfair competition group in the U.S. to a broader base of global clients.
Leading international competition and foreign investment practice: The EU/UK competition law team advises leading financial institutions and multinationals in complex behavioral, state aid, multi-jurisdictional merger control, foreign investment/national security and litigation cases across industries globally.
Robust cross-border transactional antitrust capabilities led from London: The competition team in London is the firm’s hub for all international (ex-U.S.) antitrust and foreign investment/national security expertise. All cross-border investigations and transactions giving rise to antitrust/competition issues and approvals are handled by the team. The team is known for leading and coordinating international antitrust and merger control investigations, across the full spectrum of transactions, including complex restructurings, M&A, joint ventures (JVs), and strategic, suggestivist and activist investments.
We advise clients before the European Commission and other EU institutions, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the Investment Security Unit (ISU) and other UK government departments, Office of Communications (OFCOM), Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) and the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), as well as litigating before the European and U.K. courts.
The London team is supported by a network of Akin competition lawyers located in the key business centers throughout the U.S., Europe, China, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and Asia, working closely where appropriate with associated firms throughout Africa and LatAm.
A strong London presence underpins the firm’s leading competition law practice, with London being a global financial center, the seat of a leading competition authority (the CMA has continued its post-Brexit rise to prominence) and the London courts being the forum of choice for an increasing number of competition law damages claims in the EU.
We also provide strategic, regulatory advice across a wide number of industries, including, inter alia, technology/digital markets (including on the designated market area (DMA)), financial services, energy, aviation, industrial, chemicals, and life sciences.
Our international competition practice expands our antitrust and unfair competition group in the U.S. to a broader base of global clients.
The London international trade team’s primary focus is on European international trade compliance and financial crime aspects of high profile and complex investigations and transactions. They are also involved in regulatory issues, including customs, trade remedies, export controls, sanctions, anti-bribery/anti-money laundering, national security regulations and product regulatory matters.
The team has a strong footprint in the defence, information technology (IT), private equity and investment funds industries as well as in the energy sector. Our lawyers have extensive practical experience in the interaction between European, U.K. and U.S. customs, export controls and sanctions regulations, as well as integrated European/U.K./U.S. corporate compliance.
As well as providing general trade compliance advice, we assist clients with drafting and implementing compliance programs, providing internal trainings and conducting government and internal investigations and audits, including preparing and filing voluntary self-disclosures.We represent clients before European national administrations and courts and before the European Court of Justice and the European Commission. The team works closely with our market-leading practitioners in the U.A.E., China, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore and the U.S. to provide a seamless service with global reach.
The London international trade team’s primary focus is on European international trade compliance and financial crime aspects of high profile and complex investigations and transactions. They are also involved in regulatory issues, including customs, trade remedies, export controls, sanctions, anti-bribery/anti-money laundering, national security regulations and product regulatory matters.
The team has a strong footprint in the defence, information technology (IT), private equity and investment funds industries as well as in the energy sector. Our lawyers have extensive practical experience in the interaction between European, U.K. and U.S. customs, export controls and sanctions regulations, as well as integrated European/U.K./U.S. corporate compliance.
As well as providing general trade compliance advice, we assist clients with drafting and implementing compliance programs, providing internal trainings and conducting government and internal investigations and audits, including preparing and filing voluntary self-disclosures.We represent clients before European national administrations and courts and before the European Court of Justice and the European Commission. The team works closely with our market-leading practitioners in the U.A.E., China, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore and the U.S. to provide a seamless service with global reach.
Our U.K. tax team is one of the most established, recognized tax teams within a U.S. law firm in London and has a strong reputation in the market, representing investment funds and other financial institutions (including European and U.S. investment banks, asset management companies, hedge funds, and private equity firms) in restructurings and reorganisations, M&A, financings, fund formation, investment structuring and management incentives.
The team also provides advice, in conjunction with our offices in the U.S., to high-net-worth individuals regarding tax planning and offshore trusts, as well as corporate and individual representation in disputes with tax authorities. We also provide stand-alone tax consultancy services and represent clients on tax audits, enquiries and litigation.
Most of our work has a significant international aspect, and we work closely with leading local counsel to provide a fully integrated service on cross-border projects. Our practice reflects the focused nature of the firm, providing innovative and practical tax solutions in a commercial context and delivering the highest-quality tax advice and service to our clients.
Our U.K. tax team is one of the most established, recognized tax teams within a U.S. law firm in London and has a strong reputation in the market, representing investment funds and other financial institutions (including European and U.S. investment banks, asset management companies, hedge funds, and private equity firms) in restructurings and reorganisations, M&A, financings, fund formation, investment structuring and management incentives.
The team also provides advice, in conjunction with our offices in the U.S., to high-net-worth individuals regarding tax planning and offshore trusts, as well as corporate and individual representation in disputes with tax authorities. We also provide stand-alone tax consultancy services and represent clients on tax audits, enquiries and litigation.
Most of our work has a significant international aspect, and we work closely with leading local counsel to provide a fully integrated service on cross-border projects. Our practice reflects the focused nature of the firm, providing innovative and practical tax solutions in a commercial context and delivering the highest-quality tax advice and service to our clients.
Our London anticorruption practice has acted for numerous clients in formulating and implementing policies and procedures and in advising generally on the U.K. Bribery Act and related laws. Many organizations require compliance with both English and U.S. law in this area, so our London practice frequently works together with colleagues in our U.S. Antibribery/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) practice to provide a client-friendly “one-stop shop.”
Our London anticorruption practice has acted for numerous clients in formulating and implementing policies and procedures and in advising generally on the U.K. Bribery Act and related laws. Many organizations require compliance with both English and U.S. law in this area, so our London practice frequently works together with colleagues in our U.S. Antibribery/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) practice to provide a client-friendly “one-stop shop.”