John specialises in transactional and regulatory work in the financial services sector.
John advises banking and insurance clients on complex international mergers and acquisitions. He also guides a wide variety of financial institutions on regulatory matters including conduct of business issues, market abuse, change of control, prime brokerage, governance and systems and controls. John has experience of advising on regulatory developments both at UK and EU level including Brexit, MiFID 2 / MiFIR, MAR and Solvency 2.
John is an active member of Freshfields' Fintech group and regularly contributes thought leadership pieces to Freshfields Digital, covering blockchain, fintech regulation and insurtech.
During his time at Freshfields, John has worked in-house at multiple financial institutions, where he advises on the planning and implemention of key regulatory developments. He has also been on a transactional secondment to the securities and prime brokerage legal team at a leading global investment bank.
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- Advising The Hartford Financial Services Group on the sale of its UK property & casualty run-off insurance business.
- Guiding financial institution and commodities clients on the implementation of MiFID 2 / MiFIR and MAR.
- Assisting a global banking group on the development of blockchain technology for securities settlement.
- Advising Worldpay group on its €500m inaugural bond offering.
- Designing a new corporate governance code for a leading international bank to comply with the UK Senior Managers Regime.
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- BA in jurisprudence, St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford
- Admitted to the roll of solicitors of England and Wales in 2015
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