John M. Casanova Partner London  +44.20.7360.3739 +44.20.7626.7937 Fax Vcard

JOHN CASANOVA has practised in London since 1999 and is Head of the London Financial Services Regulatory Group. He advises clients on a wide variety of English, EU and US financial services regulatory and transactional matters. He also advises on data protection and privacy matters. Mr Casanova works regularly with banks, investment firms, broker/dealers, payment service providers and payment systems, investment managers and advisors and other financial intermediaries in the UK, the US, Europe and Asia. He has assisted clients with setting up and operating regulated businesses in the UK and the EU, responding to regulatory investigations and examinations, commercial transactions with regulated entities and acquisitions and disposals of regulated businesses and asset portfolios. He is an editor of E-Finance and Payments Law and Policy. He has been a contributor to the Review of Banking and Financial Services and the Journal of International Banking Law. He is a contributing editor for Electronic Money and Payment Systems to Butterworths Financial Regulation Service. Mr Casanova is a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland bars and an English-qualified solicitor.

Relevant publications:

• Some Thoughts on the Interim Report of the UK Independent Commission on Banking - May 19, 2011
• Basel III - Additional Tier 1 Going-Concern Capital and Tier 2 Capital - December 21, 2010 
• Proposal for EU Regulation on Short Selling and Credit Default Swaps - September 22, 2010
• FSA Consultation On The Remuneration Code: Key Issues For UK Regulated Firms - September 16, 2010
• UK Government announces abolition of FSA as part of sweeping Financial Services Regulatory Reform Proposal - June 22, 2010
• The FSA’s March 2009 Paper “A Regulatory Response to the Global Banking Crisis” – Potential Implications for Financial Institutions - March 24, 2009
• New UK Government Measures to Support the UK Banking Sector: Key Points for Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) - January 20, 2009
• UK Authorities to Take New Powers Over Banks and Building Societies – The Special Resolution Regime – October 2008
• UK Guarantee Scheme for Certain Securities issued by Approved UK Banks and Building Societies - October, 15 2008 

• Sidley Austin LLP Advises Discover Financial Services on Sale of its UK Credit Card Business
  April 14, 2008

• First Look: Leaked Draft of New EU Data Protection Regulation Suggests Significant Impacts for Global Businesses
  December 9, 2011
• European Shift to Concrete Cost Analysis of Data Protection
  March 14, 2011

• Emerging Risks on Dual Frontiers: Perspectives on Potential Liabilities in the New Decade
  April 12-13, 2012
• Data Protection in the Financial Services Sector
  Wednesday, 12 October, 2011