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Very able, well-resourced team of dispute resolution lawyers.
Legal 500 UK 2026, Financial Services: Contentious
Asset and Fund Managers
We advise asset and fund managers across the full spectrum of the industry – from large institutional firms and household names to start-up boutiques, private equity houses and hedge funds. Our team provides comprehensive legal support on all aspects of business conduct, regulatory risk, compliance, corporate, commercial, and employment law.
Overview
Our lawyers have extensive experience in the financial sector and are trusted by asset management and fund management clients for our highly responsive and insightful approach. In addition to supporting 'business as usual', we regularly assist with sensitive and strategic matters, including dialogue with regulators, internal investigations and defending firms facing enforcement action by the FCA and other regulators internationally.
Our deep sector knowledge makes us ideally placed to help asset and fund managers navigate complex regulatory landscapes and achieve their business objectives. Whether you are launching a new fund, managing compliance obligations, or responding to regulatory investigations, we deliver tailored, commercially focused solutions. We regularly advise on:
- Financial promotions and fund distribution
- Obtaining authorisation for new asset management businesses
- Advice on compliant trading and handling trading errors
- Dialogue with the FCA and other regulators
- Corporate transactions
- Governance and SMCR
- Data protection and technology
- UK and EU regulation, including onshored AIFMD and MIFID II
- Internal investigations into suspected compliance breaches
- Regulatory reporting
- Dispute resolution, including investor disputes
- Day-to-day and strategic employment law issues
Featured experience
FCA investigations
Advising a hedge fund management firm on an FCA investigation into alleged market manipulation (spoofing) by a trader
Global multi-regulator investigations
Advising a major global asset manager responding to investigations and enquiries by multiple regulators globally, including the FCA and SEC, regarding errors in its quantitative investment algorithms which caused investor loss
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Our Data, Privacy and Cyber team provides advice and support on advisory and contentious matters of all sizes and complexity.
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Dispute Resolution
Our Dispute Resolution team has an established reputation for handling complex, high value commercial disputes and achieving successful and pragmatic solutions for our clients.
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Employment
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Investigations
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Regulatory Investigations and Enforcement
We advise financial institutions facing investigations and enforcement action or other interventions by financial services regulators.
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Our expertise
Banks
We act for all different types and sizes of banks, from challenger banks, to the largest global investment banks. Our clients include a plethora of banks comprising investment, challenger, retail, commercial, investment, foreign banks, private banks, building societies, neobanks, and novel alternative capital providers.
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FinTech
Our legal expertise in FinTech and all its essential component parts – payment, blockchain, wealth management, InsurTech and RegTech – provides competitive advantage for you through our deep understanding of the sector.
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We are the market leading law firm for services to financial advisers/wealth managers and networks.
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Why choose DAC Beachcroft?
We’re a broad-based commercial firm serving a wide range of sectors with a strong heritage in insurance,
health and real estate. We combine excellent legal skills and cutting-edge delivery expertise to design
solutions that fit the needs of our clients – often involving clever uses of technology.
