Welcome to the Latham & Watkins Global Financial Regulatory Blog.

Here, you will find our views and short updates on the most important financial regulatory developments impacting business and innovation across the world.

Latham’s Financial Regulatory Practice provides both financial institutions and regulators with insight and analysis on the complex regulatory regimes facing financial institutions throughout the world. We provide comprehensive counseling on local regulations relating to banking, securities, derivatives, futures, commodities, stock exchange matters, and other financial products and transactions, and advise leading banks and other financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory, risk management, and compliance issues.

We cover the full range of financial institution activities and have advised clients on the full range of matters before regulatory bodies worldwide, including before the:

  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
  • European Banking Authority (EBA)
  • European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
  • Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC)
  • Israel Securities Authority (ISA)
  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
  • Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
  • Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
  • Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)

We hope you find the posts useful and invite you to reach out with thoughts or comments or for further assistance to the blog authors.