Clifford Chance
Simon Crown specialises in financial regulation, with a particular focus on funds and asset management, M&A and reorganisations involving financial institutions, and the fintech and payments sector.
Experience in the financial services sector includes advising:
- Simon is a leading adviser on the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). As well as taking part in the UK regulator's legal experts group on AIFMD, Simon advises a large number of asset managers, fund administrators, depositaries and valuers on AIFMD issues
- Simon also regularly advises asset managers on other regulatory issues, such as fund structuring, distribution, licensing, client money and governance
- Simon has extensive experience in advising on acquisitions and disposals of regulated businesses
- Simon also regularly advises in the areas of structured finance (regulation of securitised receivables), market abuse, client money and safeguarding, and licence perimeter issues
- Simon is co-head of the firm's Fintech practice, and has a significant number of clients in the payments sector
- Simon is listed as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 UK for Financial Services: Non-Contentious Regulatory and is also ranked in Chambers
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +442070062944
- Email me
- Practice area Funds & investment management, Financial regulation, Financial services & markets, TechDigital, Global Financial Markets
- Sector Banks, Real estate, Funds & investment management, Private equity
Career and qualifications
- Lincoln College, Oxford (MA Law) 1995
- University College, London (LL.M) 1997
- Joined Clifford Chance 1998
- Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2000
- Partner since 2009