Matthew Baker
Matthew Baker
Matthew Baker
Biography
Matt advises a wide range of fund managers, banks, insurers and other financial institutions on the regulatory and commercial issues that arise within their businesses.
He assists clients with matters relating to: establishing and structuring new regulated businesses in the UK; the interpretation and implementation of UK and EU rules and regulatory requirements; custody and asset servicing; compliance; and funds and fund management.
Matt is a member of the City of London Law Society’s Regulatory Law Committee, and also the Financial Markets and Law Committee’s Asset Management Scoping Forum. Matt regularly speaks and writes on regulatory change, including on ESG/sustainable finance regulation, AIFMD and MiFID II.
Areas of Focus
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Logistics & Industrial
Admissions
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England and Wales
Related Practice Areas
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ESG Governance, Compliance & Reporting
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Private Equity
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Private Investment Funds
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Energy Transition
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Payment Systems
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Fintech
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Finance
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Tax & Private Client
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Corporate
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Logistics & Industrial
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Financial Institutions
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Investigations
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Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
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Corporate Real Estate and Funds
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Crypto and Digital Assets
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Israel Practice
Experience
- Advised various institutional fund managers on the implementation and ongoing compliance with AIFMD, including advising on some major restructures of the funds and managers to allow implementation of AIFMD;
- Assisted £20bn+ institutional investor in designing a compliance function and undertaking a regulatory gap-analysis across its business;
- Advised an international fund manager on a major internal investigation into its compliance function and obligations under legislation including AIFMD, UCITS and MiFID II following receipt of whistle-blower allegations;
- Brexit planning, including having advised a European bank in designing its Brexit contingency plan for PRA submission and various European banks and brokers on their plans for exiting the UK Temporary Permission Regime; and
- Advised investment managers and funds on their implementation of ESG and green finance initiatives, including on the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation to a new fund project.
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