We advise on the full spectrum of capital markets and financing activity, including debt and equity capital markets, structured finance, derivatives, private capital transactions, multijurisdictional leveraged financings, real estate and infrastructure lending, and strategic M&A. Our clients include issuers, underwriters, dealers, and investors across global banking, asset management, and fintech and digital asset markets, whom we support on products such as medium-term notes; Eurobonds; hybrid and covered bonds; commercial paper and certificate of deposit programs; regulatory capital; private placements; liability management; project, retail, exchangeable, convertible, ESG/green, and digital bonds; and related risk management frameworks and regulatory issues, including margin requirements, clearing obligations, and cross-border capital controls.

Our corporate trust group represents both domestic and international banks, in their roles as indenture trustee or related agent capacities, in domestic and cross-border financing transactions covering a wide range of asset classes and complex financial instruments.

Our team advises on some of the most complex and high-profile transactions in the market. We act for buyers, sellers, targets, and financial advisers, giving us the experience to ensure each of our clients receives the highest level of advice. We leverage our legal, risk consulting, and NewLaw acumen—including our projects, tax, competition, real estate, finance, disputes, IT, employment, and pensions practices—to execute end-to-end, high-quality transaction management.

We support financial institutions and technology-enabled platforms through licensing, market entry, and ongoing operation across regulated environments. Our work includes obtaining regulatory approvals, structuring bank and fintech partnerships, and navigating multijurisdictional expansion across all major financial jurisdictions in which our clients operate.

We advise on financial crime compliance, prudential and conduct regulation, supervisory engagement, and regulatory change across developing frameworks. We support governance design, risk management, and operational resilience as businesses scale, ensuring legal, regulatory, and operational considerations remain aligned throughout.

When regulatory action arises, disputes emerge, or institutions face enforcement scrutiny, we deploy one of the deepest financial services contentious practices in the market. Our work covers commercial litigation and arbitration connected to financial transactions, market conduct, and investment activity, as well as regulatory enforcement defense, government investigations, white-collar matters, and cross-border proceedings.

We act for global banks, asset managers, fintech platforms, and digital asset businesses across the full range of financial services disputes, from securities litigation and derivatives disputes to regulatory investigations before domestic and international regulatory bodies. Our practice spans enforcement defense, civil litigation, arbitration, and crisis response, coordinated across all major jurisdictions in which our clients operate.

We advise founders, sponsors, investors, and financial institutions at the formation and early growth stages of building financial services and fintech businesses. Our work includes venture financings, fund formation, corporate structuring, strategic investments, M&A, and regulatory compliance. We support the design and launch of regulated financial products and platforms, including payments, lending, digital assets, and embedded finance solutions, from product counseling and licensing strategy through regulatory structuring and commercialization. We advise on the legal and commercial foundations of technology-driven businesses, including IP, technology transactions, and commercial contracting, positioning clients for growth, investment, and exit.

The businesses we help operate compliantly are building the infrastructure that makes payments faster, capital more accessible, and financial services more inclusive.

We advise on the development, operation, and scaling of financial market infrastructure across traditional and blockchain-based systems, including exchanges, clearing systems, payment networks, custody platforms, tokenized financial products, and next-generation settlement systems.

We counsel clients on regulatory classification, licensing strategy, governance, operational design, technology, IP, and commercial frameworks.

We advise financial institutions and technology-driven financial services companies on the full spectrum of financial privacy and data security issues, and other issues that affect businesses, including laws relating to AI and marketing. Our clients rely on us to help them understand their compliance obligations with key laws.

We provide practical, business-focused solutions to help clients mitigate risks and maintain trust when advising on the use of AI technologies in financial products and services, sharing consumer personal data with third parties, structuring financial transactions with privacy risks in mind, and responding to security incidents.