Matt Feehily

Matt's recent experience includes:

• Advising Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in relation to UK financial services regulatory approvals required in connection with the acquisition of Chelsea Football Club and related affiliates in a consortium co-led with Todd Boehly, Chairman and CEO of Eldridge.
• Advising Northwood Investors on the Sale of 20 Gracechurch Street in London.
• Advising Fortress Investment Group on the acquisition of Punch Pubs & Co.
• Advising on all aspects of UK/EU asset management policy and regulation, delivering regulatory change projects, and providing strategic advice on regulatory policy and advocacy matters and consultation responses.
• Coordinating EU regulatory filings for asset managers under AIFMD, SSR, and the Transparency Directive.
• Advising on the new regulatory framework for sustainable finance/ESG.
• Delivering sustainability disclosures for asset managers under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and working with clients to implement ESG policy changes and portfolio-level sustainability data monitoring.
• Advising on the developing UK TCFD-aligned disclosure regimes for asset managers, asset owners, and corporate issuers.
• Advising corporate issuers on the developing EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
• Working with clients to develop approaches to stewardship and engagement under the UK Stewardship Code (securing signatory status) and the revised EU Shareholder Rights Directive.
• Advising on the developing UK/EU regulatory framework for crypto-assets, including the UK cryptoassets money laundering rules and the proposed EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).
• Coordinating global legal and regulatory advice on the launch of a new non-fungible token (NFT) product.
• Advising the issuer of a stablecoin designed for use by financial institutions as a highly liquid settlement token.
• Advising financial institutions on their post-Brexit operations and the implications of Brexit from a wider strategic perspective.
• Advising on the implementation of the new UK Investment Firm Prudential Regime (IFPR).
• Working with global investment fund trade association and its members on all aspects of UK/EU financial services policy and regulation.