UK Guide 2026 : UK-wide
Ranked Individuals
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Hogan Lovells has an impressive regulatory team that works with a range of financial services clients including asset managers, banks and fintechs. The team provides support on all types of work in the space including new product launches and transactions involving regulated businesses.
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Hogan Lovells advised Metro Bank on the sale of a GBP2.5 billion prime residential mortgage portfolio to NatWest.
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The team is very pragmatic and strong on delivery. The lawyers are incredibly responsive, collaborative and usually think of things ahead of us.
The lawyers provide comprehensive advice on regulatory matters, balanced with good technical expertise and commercial pragmatism.
The team is responsiveness, thorough, and pays attention to detail.
The team showed a pragmatic, engaging and thought through approach which provides value for money.
The lawyers are approachable, available, flexible and pragmatic, and are always seeking to find solutions. A strong team across the board who always make themselves available.
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Michael Thomas is UK head of financial services at Hogan Lovells. He advises financial institutions in relation to compliance and governance, as well as working with them on M&A activity.
He is very approachable and good at problem solving. He's able to draw from his experience and he is very client friendly.
Michael's judgement and approach is trusted and he is very approachable.
He is an incredibly nice man and a pleasure to work with.
Michael is very knowledgeable and responsive.
Rita Hunter is co-head of Hogan Lovells' sustainable finance and investment practice. She noted for her strength across a broad range of financial regulatory matters with notable expertise on ESG.
She has a significant ESG focus, is very good at relationship building and has good client skills.
She is an excellent lawyer and is very good on the ESG side.
Rita is technically very strong on ESG regulations and brings a good, commercial overview of the market.
Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
Financial Services: Non-contentious Regulatory
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