England - London • Corporate and commercial
DLA Piper
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DLA Piper has demonstrable experience in domestic and multi-jurisdictional mandates concerning regulatory investigations, transactions and fintech, with a burgeoning workload including financial crime issues, banking group restructurings and the establishment of new banks. Michael McKee, who has experience in MiFID II and securities regulation, PSD 2 and payments regulation, as well as corporate governance for financial institutions, jointly leads the team alongside Tony Katz, who counts global banks and fintech companies among his key roster of clients. Praised for his ‘outstanding and unique experience advising European banks on UK law and regulation’, Antony Hainsworth previously led the UK financial services regulation group at Société Générale and joined the firm in July 2022, shortly followed by the arrival of ’pragmatic’ Karen Butler from Reed Smith LLP. Based in Edinburgh, ‘exceptionally knowledgeable and skilful’ Stuart Murdoch is another key contact in the team.
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‘Stuart Murdoch is not only an exceptionally knowledgeable and skilful lawyer, he is also fantastic to deal with. He is personable, responsive, agile and imaginative.’
‘A very pragmatic approach, not fixated on "number of turns" or "call quota" but focussed on providing an offering to work with clients to create the product required.’
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Key clients
- Perpetual Limited
- Bank Leumi UK PLC and Leumi UK Group Limited
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Work highlights
- Advising Perpetual in connection with its proposed acquisition of Pendal Group Limited.
- Advising Bank Leumi UK on the reorganisation of its UK banking business, in particular the deregulation of its UK banking business, whilst retaining its property and hotel finance businesses.
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