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William Fry LLP

Practice Area: Financial Services Regulation

Practice Area's Profile:	Our Financial Regulation Unit provides practical and clear advice to financial institutions on all aspects of regulation and compliance in the financial services sector. The team brings together lawyers specialising in different areas of the financial services sector. Our clients include leading banks, investment firms and intermediaries, (re)insurance undertakings, collective investment schemes, fund service providers, regulatory authorities and investors in financial institutions. We also provide regulatory and corporate governance health checks and practical advice on the impact of new regulatory developments.
Services:	Our services include advising on: - authorisation requirements and applications for regulated financial services providers and extension of authorisations; - winding down of business of regulated financial services providers and surrender of authorisations; - acquisition and disposal of qualifying holdings in regulated financial services providers; - regulatory issues arising in mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector; - regulatory capital requirements; - regulation of payment services, payment institutions and electronic money institutions - fitness and probity regime; - corporate governance issues for regulated financial services providers; - compliance with conduct of business requirements including under MiFID and the CPC; - insider dealing and market abuse; - transparency and prospectus requirements; - anti-money laundering compliance; - investigation and enforcement of regulatory standards including administrative sanctions. We also provide regulatory and corporate governance health checks and practical advice on the impact of new regulatory developments.

Practice Area's Profile:

Our Financial Regulation Unit provides practical and clear advice to financial institutions on all aspects of regulation and compliance in the financial services sector.
The team brings together lawyers specialising in different areas of the financial services sector.

Our clients include leading banks, investment firms and intermediaries, (re)insurance undertakings, collective investment schemes, fund service providers, regulatory authorities and investors in financial institutions.

We also provide regulatory and corporate governance health checks and practical advice on the impact of new regulatory developments.

Services:

Our services include advising on:
- authorisation requirements and applications for regulated financial services providers and extension of authorisations;
- winding down of business of regulated financial services providers and surrender of authorisations;
- acquisition and disposal of qualifying holdings in regulated financial services providers;
- regulatory issues arising in mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector;
- regulatory capital requirements;
- regulation of payment services, payment institutions and electronic money institutions
- fitness and probity regime;
- corporate governance issues for regulated financial services providers;
- compliance with conduct of business requirements including under MiFID and the CPC;
- insider dealing and market abuse;
- transparency and prospectus requirements;
- anti-money laundering compliance;
- investigation and enforcement of regulatory standards including administrative sanctions.
We also provide regulatory and corporate governance health checks and practical advice on the impact of new regulatory developments.

Advisers

Hollis, Jason

Firm:	William Fry LLP
Position:	Partner
Address:	2 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2
Phone:	+353 1 489 6510
Email:	jason.hollis@williamfry.com
Personal URL:	https://www.williamfry.com/people/jason-hollis/

Kelleher, Shane

Firm:	William Fry LLP
Position:	Partner, Head of Financial Regulation Unit
Address:	2 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2
Phone:	+353 1 639 5148
Email:	shane.kelleher@williamfry.com
Personal URL:	https://www.williamfry.com/people/shane-kelleher/