Financial Regulation

Financial Regulation

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Traditionally, clients looked to financial regulatory counsel to assist with banking, securities and insurance regulation. Now, the regulatory net has widened. The number of new regulatory agencies has multiplied. Their powers are much more extensive. Today, clients must also seek regulatory expertise on diverse topics such as housing finance, commodities trading, and consumer protection regulatory agencies. No one can afford to ignore the increasing role played by law enforcement agencies in financial regulation, or the rapidly changing focus of regulation and supervision.

With a cross-disciplinary team of lawyers and professionals from banking, securities, insurance, funds and market infrastructure joining a team of lawyers and professionals with extensive experience in consumer protection law, housing finance law, commodities law, criminal law, administrative law, litigation and dispute resolution, Dentons has the depth and breadth of knowledge, experience and skills to handle all your financial regulatory needs.

Dentons’ lawyers bring together the global knowledge that global clients need. We work with our clients to analyze and apply the appropriate laws, and we help you keep up with the changes that the financial crisis has brought to financial regulation at global, regional, national and sub-national levels, in all our key jurisdictions.

Our team of lawyers and professionals, including former government and regulatory agency officials and in-house counsel and compliance professionals, work together seamlessly to help our clients informed throughout the financial regulatory process, whether you are obtaining licenses, developing compliance and risk management systems, drafting product materials to comply with applicable rules, or you are involved in examination planning, administrative actions, investigations and litigation. Our ability to assist clients with financial regulatory matters is based on our comprehensive knowledge of the legislative and regulatory rule-making process and the interworkings of governmental bodies and their processes. We have spent decades working with governmental and regulatory agencies and law enforcement, and we represent many of the leading financial service providers.

Experience

Cards Prepaid Limited: Advising on regulations applicable to the issue and provision of e-money means of payment in France.
Caution Mutuelle du Crédit Immobilier de France (CMCIF): Advising on the impact of the change in its regulatory status from Sociétés Anonymes de Crédit Immobilier (SACIs) to Sociétés Anonymes Coopératives d'Intérêt Collectif pour l'Accession à la Propriété (SACICAPs).
Leading UK bank: Advising on the UK regulatory issues arising from the provision of banking, credit and investment services by various entities within its banking group using a range of platforms. We are providing the UK advice and co-ordinating a multi-jurisdictional survey of the regulatory requirements in a number of other EU and third country jurisdictions.
Many foreign and domestic financial institutions: Assisting with respect to the regulatory framework for banking activity in Poland, compulsory reserves, banking secrecy, foreign exchange permits, bank’s own funds and representing them before the Polish Banking Supervisory Commission, Polish National Bank and the Minister of Finance.
Paysafecard: Advising on regulations applicable to the issue and provision of e-money means of payment in France.
UK retail bank: Advising on the implications of the reforms to the Consumer Credit Act, in particular credit and hire advertising, the form and content of credit and hire agreements and changes to the regulations governing early settlement of credit agreements.
Various foreign and domestic institutions: Advising on the impact of the new regulations relating to the distance marketing of financial services.
Visa International: Advising on the comprehensive restructuring of its operations in implementation of Russian National Payment System legislation of 2011, including the creation of the local payment system operator and payment system rules.

Recognition

Dentons secures 141 individual and 42 practice rankings in Legal 500 US 2017

June 6, 2017

Dentons earned 141 individual and 42 practice rankings in the most recent edition of Legal 500 US 2017, an annual legal directory, which catalogues the nation's best lawyers and law firms based on in-depth research and interviews.

Insights

Real Time Gross Settlement a step forward for payment services

May 14, 2025

United Kingdom: In April 2025, the Bank of England published its response to its discussion paper on reviewing access to real time gross settlement (RTGS). Alongside this, it published updated rules on RTGS, an updated access policy and a guide for non-bank payment service providers seeking access to UK payment systems.

FCA – vulnerable customer review

April 3, 2025

United Kingdom: The vulnerable customer journey for firms goes back to 2021 when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published guidance for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers.

Corporate Crime Insights - April 2025

April 1, 2025

Ireland: On 19 December 2024, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) announced the establishment of a dedicated Fitness and Probity Unit consisting of existing experienced CBI staff.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises on PLN 1.57 billion financing for American Heart of Poland

May 14, 2024

Dentons has advised the American Heart of Poland (AHP) Group on PLN 1.57 billion (approximately €365 million) facilities to finance potential acquisitions and organic growth of AHP Group. It is the largest financing in the Polish healthcare sector with a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) component.

Dentons advises P Capital Partners on a senior debt financing for a 167 MW portfolio of renewable energy projects in Poland

January 16, 2024

Dentons has advised P Capital Partners (PCP) on providing a Euro-denominated senior debt package to project companies controlled by SUSI Partners, a Swiss fund manager specializing in sustainable energy infrastructure investments, acting on behalf of the SUSI Energy Transition Fund (SETF), for a 167 MW portfolio of photovoltaic and wind power projects in Poland.

Ondřej Bartoň joins Dentons’ Banking and Finance practice in Prague

April 4, 2023

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice in Prague with the recruitment of Ondřej Bartoň as a partner. He joined the Firm effective April 1, 2023.

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