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Stuart Davis
Position
Partner
Career
Stuart Davis is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Financial Institutions and Financial Regulatory Practices and the Fintech Industry Group. Mr. Davis has a wide range of experience advising broker-dealers; investment, retail, and private banks; technology companies; market infrastructure providers; investment managers; hedge funds; and private equity funds on complex regulatory challenges. Mr. Davis counsels clients on the domestic and cross-border regulatory aspects of cutting-edge fintech initiatives, including technology innovations in legislation, market infrastructure, tokenization, trading, clearing and settlement, lending (including crowdfunding), payments, and regulatory surveillance. He also advises financial institutions on the impact of regulatory change on their businesses.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
(Next Generation Partners)Praised for handling complex mandates ‘at the intersection of technology and regulation’, Latham & Watkins
advises across the fintech spectrum, with market infrastructure, blockchain, consumer credit and insurtech among the group’s key areas of strength. The London-based Andrew Moyle, global co-chair of the firm’s fintech industry group, is equipped to handle complex cross-border technology deals for clients from a wide variety of sectors. Stuart Davis leads the London fintech team and is praised for combining ‘deep technical expertise’ with commercial sensibilities. Payments and crypto specialist Christian McDermott is noted for his focus on the monetisation of assets via NFTs. Sam Maxson is particularly strong in the field of cryptoassets, while financial regulation expert Gabriel Lakeman is a key contact for banks, insurers and investment companies. Brett Carr‘s diverse practice extends to advising central banks on fintech regulatory regimes.
Lawyer Rankings
- Fintech London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Next Generation Partners London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds