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Praised for its ‘stellar all-round service’, Akin advises investment managers on regulatory commitments and requirements, including the full spectrum of related UK and EU financial services legislation, with demonstrable experience in handling ESG initiatives. Practice leader Ezra Zahabi has ’impeccable knowledge’ in matters concerning regulatory compliance, fund structuring, market abuse and market conduct, in addition to structuring investment management and advisory platforms.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team provided stellar all-round service; responsive, commercial and technically excellent. They have an impressive breadth of practice and are simply fantastic for explaining very complicated things very clearly.’

  • ‘Ezra Zahabi is very bright and knowledgeable, helpful and solution-oriented but does not shy away from making us aware of risks. She has impeccable judgment and I trust her thoroughly.’

  • ‘The Akin Gump regulatory team comprises a personable yet technically-strong group of lawyers, who demonstrate a meaningful commitment to forging lasting advisory client partnerships. They collaborate very well and on a seamless basis, equally amongst other practice groups within their firm, with other law firms as well as in-house client stakeholders.’

  • ‘The team is dependable, results-orientated and committed to professional excellence, with a flourishing contentious and non-contentious/regulatory advisory practice.’

Key clients

  • British International Investment (formerly CDC)
  • Elliott Advisors

Work highlights

  • Advising British International Investment on the creation of a co-branded ESG SFDR Toolkit for the investment managers with whom BII invests.
  • Advising Elliott Advisors on all aspects of UK/EU regulatory compliance including general FCA compliance, transaction-related compliance, SMCR and AIFMD.

Lawyers

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Ezra Zahabi

Ezra Zahabi

Akin

Ezra Zahabi is a partner in Akin’s financial regulatory group. She advises on relevant developments and considerations regarding changes to the UK and EU financial regulatory framework, particularly with regard to the UK financial services regulatory framework, including the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the EU legislative and regulatory framework, including MiFID II; AIFMD; the Market Abuse Regulation; EMIR; the revised Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD II) and the new EU ESG rules. Ezra counsels investment managers across strategies and geographies on regulatory compliance and provides strategic advice in connection with new or forthcoming regulatory requirements, including trading queries; market abuse and market conduct issues; interactions with regulatory authorities, regulatory applications and approvals; fund marketing and distribution; regulatory issues relating to the structuring of investment advisory platforms, and remuneration. To learn more about Ms, Zahabi, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/ezra-zahabi.html

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ezra Zahabi, Helen Marshall

Other key lawyers

Suley Siddiqui, Philip Woodruff