Akin

The ‘nimble and astute’ team at Akin works on its own and often alongside its US-based colleagues to provide ’sensible, commercial solutions’ to banks and funds across a range of purely domestic and cross-border contentious financial services matters. ‘Hardworking’ team head Helen Marshall provides ’user-friendly advice’ and is noted, in particular, for her robust defence of asset management clients facing regulatory scrutiny. Counsel Joe Hewton has a ‘particular flair for intricate regulatory applications’ and is the key contact within the practice in relation to UK and US matters.

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'They propose sensible, commercial solutions, whilst being strong advocates for their clients and willing to challenge regulators where appropriate. Strong knowledge and work ethic throughout the levels of the team. Willingness to work with other law firms, and provide good recommendations when matters are outside of their expertise.'
'They have a nimble and astute financial services practice. This practice group is accomplished in grappling with challenging regulatory considerations and applications, particularly on exigent or time-constrained projects. The practice's lawyers partner very effectively with other specialists, both legal and otherwise technical, providing a seamless and diligent client service. Akin has been particularly effective in devising and implementing effective legal solutions in complex cross-border restructurings - the firm is a very worthy and formidable partner to retain on intensive projects.'
'Helen Marshall is hard working, extremely sharp and provides user-friendly advice.'
'Joe Hewton is a dependable and insightful lawyer, offering both technical support and broader intuition into regulatory procedures and decision-making processes. His practice spans both non-contentious and contentious advisory, with sectoral regulatory expertise across various industry areas and a particular flair for intricate regulatory applications, which is a relative rarity within the London market.'
'Joe Hewton is incredibly hard working, thoughtful and knows the industry really well.'
'The legal issue at hand was multi-jurisdictional and I had access to specialists across all areas. I felt like I was in expert hands at all times.'
'Joe Hewton - extremely effective lawyer that is easy to work with on a personal level. He is very knowledgeable, and able to get to the heart of arguments quickly and develop strong and persuasive counterpoints, doing so in a manner that builds positive dialogue between the various parties.'
'Great team, hardworking, extremely sharp and user friendly.'

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