United Kingdom: Financial Services

The FCA's proposed overhaul of the UK alternative investment fund manager regime raises fundamental questions about fund structure, governance and investor commitments in real asset markets. As regulatory reform creates new categorisation thresholds and liquidity requirements, sponsors and investors must assess whether existing arrangements will remain viable as businesses scale and market conditions shift.

We have been assisting clients with business immigration since way back when the UK’s current points-based system was introduced back in 2008. Over that time, the same issue has come up again and again when it comes to getting a sponsor licence for a start up business; or a business that is expanding (making inward investment) into the UK.

The United Kingdom and United States are constructing a digital finance corridor through the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future, moving beyond traditional regulatory frameworks toward practical interoperability. This initiative encompasses cross-border experimentation with tokenised assets, common approaches to settlement finality, stablecoin regulation, and a multi-money ecosystem, raising critical questions about whether Europe's comprehensive regulatory architecture can compete with jurisd