Albert Weatherill Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

Albert Weatherill is a Partner in the financial services group, a member of the firm’s global FinTech practice and the global lead of the firm’s payments group. Albert has a broad range of experience advising banks, investment managers, retail and institutional brokers, US broker-dealers, financial sponsors, market makers and high frequency traders, technology companies, exchanges, payment services providers and electronic money institutions in relation to a wide range of domestic and cross-border regulatory matters. Albert was shortlisted for the Rising Star Innovation Award at the Legal Innovation Awards 2020 and for the Rising Star Award at the British Legal Awards 2020. Albert is ranked as an “Associate to watch” in Chambers and Partners 2021 for Financial Services: non-contentious, where he is recognised as a “highly regarded” practitioner, with clients describing him as “very conscientious, diligent and thorough”.Albert’s diverse practice involves advising clients on regulatory compliance, regulatory change, governance, risk management, Brexit, market abuse, trading, clearing and settlement, lending, conduct, prudential regulation, client money and custody. In particular, Albert focuses on the design, development and regulation of innovative financial services and products, particularly across mobile and digital payments, digital assets issuance and trading, cryptoassets market infrastructure, banking as a service, consumer and corporate lending, blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Albert authored the UK chapter of Global Legal Insight's "Blockchain & Regulation 2019", is a member of the Tech London Advocates Blockchain Legal and Regulatory Working Group, and regularly contributes to publications relating to FinTech matters.In addition to his broad advisory practice, Albert has extensive experience acting on mergers and acquisitions, private and public capital market transactions, and restructurings involving financial institutions.

London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for advising startups, multi-national corporations and not-for-profits on a range of corporate law matters, with a particular focus on financial regulatory law, including advising on financial infrastructure (including MiFID, MiFID II and EMIR), derivatives, clearing and settlement, fund formation, structuring, marketing and regulation (including advising on the AIFMD, UCITS IV and the application of COLL and FUND).

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for providing a range of financial regulatory and commercial advice to the scheme companies and members of UK Payments, including: Bacs, Faster Payments, Paym, Payments UK (formerly Payments Council), Cheque & Credit Clearing Company and Financial Fraud Action.

Legal Practice Course - Distinction

Graduate Diploma In Law - Distinction

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) (Hons), Philosophy

A Levels: Economics - A; English Literature - A; History - A