Financial Institutions

Expertise

Matheson’s "outstanding" team is "dedicated and efficient", and "certainly one of the best".
European Legal 500

Financial institutions are operating in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment. As a consequence of the global financial crisis and more recently Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, governments and regulators have become much more proactive with a view to improving oversight, regulation and protection of the consumer. As a consequence, the regulatory landscape has fundamentally changed and operations, structure and location of regulated businesses are continuously being adapted in response to these developments.

At Matheson we believe that your professional advisers should give you a commercial advantage in dealing with these changes. We have worked extensively over many years with a broad range of the largest financial institutions, including leading domestic firms and “brand name” multinationals including banks, insurers, investment services as well as Fintech and payment firms.

We continually look to use the breadth and depth of our experience to benefit our clients. In our view, dedicated teams with extensive industry sector knowledge offer the best value for clients.

Our Financial Institutions Group unites lawyers with extensive industry experience, corporate transactional experience and regulatory knowledge who are solely focused on financial institutions.

The key areas of our practice can be broadly summarised as follows:

• Authorisation of Financial Services Firms
• Banking Advisory - Financial Institutions
• Compliance, Conduct and Governance
• Fintech and Payments
• Financial Institutions M&A
• Financial Institutions Reorganisations
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Investment Firms and other regulated firms
• Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations
• Regulatory Risk Management and Compliance

Central to the success of our team is our excellent relationship with the Central Bank of Ireland.

Our Team