Financial Services & FinTech

Partner

Gareth is a financial services and blockchain regulatory wizard. With expert knowledge of the regulations relating to asset management, payment services and electronic money, Gareth ties together disparate strands of regulatory guidance to help clients achieve commercial outcomes whilst understanding the regulatory implications.

One of the pre-eminent blockchain lawyers in the UK, Gareth helps projects navigate the a global web of laws and regulations whilst providing strategic support to founders and regulatory and compliance teams. In this world, Gareth has supported projects as they move towards true decentralisation, taken firms through the cryptoasset registration process and helped build systems and controls for regulatory compliance and consumer protection.

With particular expertise in authorised investment funds, Gareth can establish, restructure and wind down UCITS and NURS products and provide the full suite of support to help managers establish the legal and regulatory framework around those products. He has been through most of the FCA's authorisation processes including Part 4A authorisation, money laundering registration and payment services authorisation. He has been published in the Financial Technology Law Review, the Law Society's Blockchain: Legal and Regulatory Guidance publication and the International Comparative Law Guide to Public Investment Funds Laws and Regulations.

Previous Law firms

Burges Salmon, Associate (2013–20) Stephenson Law, Head of Web3 Regulation (2021–23)