3/4/2026 12:28:19 PM Capital Idea: The FCA's Proposed Prudential Regime for Cryptoasset Firms By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt On 16 December 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper on its proposed prudential rules (CP25/42) – a key component of the UK’s...
3/3/2026 6:56:30 PM Full Disclosure: The FCA's Proposed Crypto Admissions & Disclosures Regime and MARC By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt The FCA published CP25/41 on 15 December 2025, providing a more fully formed picture of their proposed cryptoasset Admissions &...
2/24/2026 5:52:15 PM Rules of Engagement: Assessing the FCA’s Proposed Conduct Rules for Crypto Trading Platforms, Intermediaries and Other Novel Crypto Activities By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Noah Schmidt This is the third post in our series analysing the FCA’s proposed cryptoasset regime. Having covered the key policy decisions...
1/26/2026 2:17:49 PM Freshfields Fintech: Our Predictions for 2026 By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Julia Robilliard-Smith Laura Hibbert +1 more... Show less We have once again canvassed opinions from our Freshfields global fintech team for the year ahead, as we did in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024...
10/28/2025 3:39:22 PM Freshfields' report: Data Law Trends 2026 By Giles Pratt Christoph Werkmeister Data law is a key area of focus for regulators, with new rules, stricter enforcement, and diverging approaches across jurisdictions. Our...
7/8/2025 12:13:13 PM UK data reforms unpacked: implications for AI and other automated decision-making By Giles Pratt Adam Gillert Aaran Kotecha Imogen Gordon +1 more... Show less The UK’s long-anticipated journey to overhaul its data protection landscape has culminated, with the passing of the Data (Use and Access)...
5/27/2025 10:40:17 AM Taming the “Wild West”: UK Government leads BNPL into the regulatory stable By Cyrus Pocha Emma Probyn Craig Dewar Christine Simpson Tricia Moffat +2 more... Show less The UK Government has saddled up to bring order to what it terms the “wild-west” of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). For years, BNPL has...
2/12/2025 2:08:46 PM Lights, Cameras, AI Action By Rachael Annear Beth George Natasha Good Giles Pratt Laéna Bouafy +2 more... Show less Energised by our attendance at the recent Tortoise Responsible AI Forum, Paris AI Action Summit and City & Financial AI Regulation...
1/28/2025 8:13:39 PM 10 Key MedTech Themes for 2025 By Vinita Kailasanath Shannon O'Hara Note: this article originally ran in MedCity News The MedTech industry is accelerating at an unprecedented pace. As AI reshapes the...
12/30/2024 5:07:53 PM Grandfathering under MiCA – how member states approach the transitional regime – December 2024 update By Janina Heinz Daphne van der Houwen Daniel Klingenbrunn Eva Schneider Steffie De Backer +2 more... Show less This post is an update of our previous post published on June 21, 2024. The harmonisation of European financial services law for...
12/18/2024 11:48:53 AM Harnessing Smart Data in the UK as a National Asset: What businesses need to know By Giles Pratt Rachael Annear Tristan Lockwood Adam Gillert Hazel Ling +2 more... Show less On 23 October 2024 the UK government introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament (the DUAB). The DUAB is a wide-ranging and...
10/24/2024 11:49:16 AM Leading the Change: 2025 Data Law Trends report By Christine Lyon Giles Pratt Christoph Werkmeister We’re excited to share our latest report, Leading the Change: 2025 Data Law Trends. Data now impacts all aspects of businesses, from...