Financial services

The pace of change in the financial services industry is unprecedented; the sector has never been more multifaceted.  With regulation developing continuously and being enforced more rigorously, financial services businesses are coming under greater scrutiny from the public, investors, government and the media.

We make it our business to be at the forefront of legal and regulatory changes affecting the sector so that we can guide and support our clients.

Financial sector businesses have many legal needs and the Speechlys’ Financial services team is a key part of a much wider Speechlys offering to the sector, covering:

  • legal and tax advice to the private clients of financial services firms operating in the private wealth sector
  • corporate advice to clients involved in corporate transactions or restructurings
  • specialist tax advice on issues arising from the constitutional structure and framework of client businesses, the structuring of banking and investment products offered by financial sector firms to their clients and on the taxation implications of remuneration and incentives
  • disputes and regulatory investigations
  • commercial contracts, data protection, outsourcing, employment and immigration.

Much of Speechly Bircham’s work has an international dimension and over many years close working relationships have been built with leading institutions in all the major financial, commercial and wealth management centres across the world.

Key elements of the Financial services team’s international practice are centred in the US, Switzerland and Luxembourg.  The firm’s offices in Switzerland and Luxembourg include financial services lawyers providing legal support to financial sector institutions based in those jurisdictions.

We represent clients from all parts of the financial services community including:

  • Clearing firms
  • Corporate finance firms
  • Custodians
  • Depositaries
  • Funds
  • Fund managers
  • Futures brokers and dealers
  • General insurers
  • Investment advisers
  • Investment banks
  • Investment funds
  • Investment platforms
  • Investment trusts
  • Life insurers
  • MTFs
  • Private banks and Private wealth
  • Proprietary traders
  • Retail banks
  • Stockbrokers
  • Wealth managers.