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In the Spotlight

10 Key Focus Areas for UK-Regulated Financial Services Firms in 2025

December 9, 2024 Resource

The Edinburgh Reforms — Two Years On

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February 4, 2025 Blog

FDIC Acting Chairman Charts a Fresh Path Forward for the Agency

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January 21, 2025 Blog

Regulatory Reversals: Political Transitions and the Congressional Review Act

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January 7, 2025 Client Alert

The Tides Are Changing (Again) for US “Fair Access” and “Anti-Debanking” Laws

March 4, 2025 Article

Tokenizing Securities Inches Toward Reality With Rule Updates

Partner Jenny Cieplak examines the future of tokenizing securities and considers the ways in which financial industry participants can take advantage of existing regulatory frameworks to execute and clear transactions of Real World Assets (RWAs) on the blockchain.

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February 28, 2025 Blog

FCA Updates on Growth and the Consumer Duty

Speech focuses on the regulatory change agenda, and confirms that firms are no longer expected to have a Consumer Duty board champion.

February 27, 2025 Blog

SEC Explores Regulatory Changes to Make It Easier to Raise Capital, Invest in Private Funds, and Be a Public Company

February 12, 2025 Webcast

Financial Regulation: February 2025 Edition

February 6, 2025 Article

The Tides Are Changing for Fair Access Banking Laws

Global Insights

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UK Insights

Global Financial Regulatory Blog

Insights and commentary on financial regulatory issues and developments impacting business and innovation in the US, the UK, Europe, Asia, and other parts of the world.

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Global Fintech & Digital Assets Blog

Insights and commentary on the latest tech, regulatory, and market trends driving innovation in financial services.

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ESG Resource Hub

Explore Latham’s latest insights and resources to help you adeptly address the many facets of ESG, from responsible investment to sustainability to corporate integrity and beyond.

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Monthly London Webcast Materials

Each month the UK and European Financial Regulatory lawyers at Latham & Watkins host a presentation and discussion covering recent changes to financial services regulation.

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Featured Resource

The Edinburgh Reforms — Two Years On

When the Edinburgh Reforms were announced on 9 December 2022, they were billed as an ambitious set of reforms. Two years on, we assess which of the measures have been completed, which remain outstanding, and whether they have delivered on the agenda set out.

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February 20, 2025 Recognition

Fintech Group of the Year: Latham

Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.

November 26, 2024 Recognition

MVP: Latham's Benjamin Naftalis and Douglas Yatter

Benjamin Naftalis, New York Deputy Office Managing Partner, and Douglas Yatter, Global Vice Chair of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice, were named 2024 Law360 Fintech MVPs for representing global cryptocurrency players across multiple jurisdictions in first of their kind regulatory investigations, litigation, and white collar matters.

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October 3, 2024 Recognition

Latham & Watkins Named Derivatives Global Law Firm of the Year

Latham honored as Global Law Firm of the Year in GlobalCapital’s Global and Americas Derivatives Awards for innovation and significant contributions to the advancement of the derivatives industry.

"The cross-border team is impressive and incredibly well coordinated. It is truly a global team that is relied upon around the clock."
Chambers USA 2023

"The depth and breadth of the team at Latham & Watkins has been impressive. They have a well-rounded team with broad expertise across a range of legal and regulatory issues."
Chambers UK 2024

"Fully equipped to advise on current and emerging requirements implemented by the SEC, CFTC, FINRA and NYSE, among others."
Chambers USA 2023

"An expanding team includes a number of alumni of the major regulatory bodies, enabling it to provide clients with crucial strategic insight."
Chambers USA 2023