Arash’s recent experience includes advising on:
- General EU/UK financial services regulation, including MiFID II, AIFMD, UCITS Directive, PRIIPs, EMIR, SFTR, Short Selling Regulation and Transparency Directive.
- Regulatory capital / prudential regulation, including the UK Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR).
- The UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR).
- The developing regulatory framework for sustainable finance/ESG, including the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the EU Taxonomy Regulation and the UK TCFD-aligned climate disclosure regime.
- The developing UK/EU regulatory framework for crypto-assets, including the proposed EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).
- The EU/UK Securitization Regulation.
- Trade association initiatives relating to all aspects of UK/EU financial services regulation.
More generally, Arash advises on the UK financial services regime under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and FCA rules, including licensing, authorisation and change of control issues in M&A and restructuring transactions.