Marina is a partner in our Financial Services Regulatory practice and Group Head of the advisory (non-contentious) team in London.
Marina is a financial regulation specialist with extensive experience of advising a wide range of financial services clients including investment banks, broker-dealers, private and retail banks and asset managers.
Marina supports clients with BAU regulatory compliance, risk management and regulatory change implementation. Marina regularly works with industry trade associations assisting with thought leadership and advocacy.
Marina is ranked as "Next Generation Partner" in the Legal 500 Directory and as "Highly Regarded" in IFLR.
Feedback from clients (Legal 500) highlights Marina's "tremendous expertise" and ability to "excel at communicating complex legal topics in a clear and succinct way".
Background
Marina has B.A. degrees in Philosophy and in Law as well as an MA in Philosophy, from the University of London.
Marina has worked in-house as a secondee at State Street, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.
Marina joined Herbert Smith Freehills in November 2021 from a leading international law firm.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- BAU compliance - licensing, conduct of business, market conduct, prudential, governance, compliance framework and documentation, client documentation, custody, outsourcing, cross-jurisdictional advice, regulatory reporting, regulatory liaison, ringfencing, etc.
- Regulatory Change Implementation - MiFID II, Brexit, Ringfencing, CSDR, Consumer Duty, ESG etc.
- ESG – scoping and impact assessment on groups, strategic advice on sustainability developments, advice on disclosure requirements and FCA anti-greenwashing rule.
- Digital Assets/Emerging Tech/AI - perimeter/authorisation, risk management, strategic structuring, cross-jurisdictional advice, launching new digital products, crypto financial promotions, etc.
- Transactional support - covering all regulatory aspects on corporate transactions including structuring, due diligence, change in control, consolidation and regulatory capital, SMCR, multijurisdictional support, etc.
* Includes experience prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills
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