Financial Services Regulation

Our team provides top-notch advice to both local and international clients on a wide array of financial regulatory matters. Our clientele includes leading financial institutions and dynamic new entrants in the rapidly evolving financial services industry.

From banking, investment services, and asset management to payment services, insurance, virtual currency, financial technology, derivatives, and capital and financial markets law and regulation — we have got you covered.

Our expertise spans various domains, including obtaining licences, registrations, and authorisations for local and cross-border activities. We have substantial experience in the marketing and distribution of funds, having assisted over 100 fund managers with fund marketing rules and marketing notifications to the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority. In addition, together with the firm’s fund structuring and fund formation teams, we advise clients in the establishment and structuring of investment funds. Our experience extends also to financial infrastructures, where we advise central depositories, clearing and settlement organisations, and their participants on derivatives trading, clearing, and settlement.

We are particularly proud to serve as ISDA’s netting opinion counsel and CLS’s opinion counsel in Finland. Our deep understanding of crypto assets has enabled us to assist top-tier crypto firms in entering the Finnish market.

Our services also encompass ownership assessment, fit & proper requirements, regulatory support in M&A transactions, internal policies (including AML/CTF related issues), consumer credits, insurance distribution, and sanctions and enforcement measures by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.

In our daily work we maintain a close collaboration with our colleagues in the firm’s Finance, Capital Markets, M&A, Tax, and Technology & Data Practices, ensuring a holistic approach to addressing our clients’ needs.