Charles Marquand

Financial services

Charles Marquand is a well-known specialist in financial services law and regulation, with long-standing and broad-ranging experience in the field.

He is a former legal adviser at HM Treasury, where he dealt with a great variety of financial services matters. Whilst at HM Treasury he also drafted legislation and regulations. Amongst others, he was instrumental in drafting the regulations for the operation of Crest (now part of Euroclear), the dematerialised securities transfer and settlement system. He additionally assisted in the negotiation and implementation of EU directives.

As a barrister he advises on an extensive range of financial services matters. He has a particular expertise in collective investment schemes, funds, crypto-currencies, payment services and “perimeter” issues.

His clients are varied. They are based in the UK and overseas and include both regulated and unregulated firms in the private sector, public sector organisations, charities, family offices and individuals.

He has also advised governments and regulatory authorities in eastern and central Europe and Asia on financial services legal and regulatory systems, and investment laws. He has also drafted laws and regulations for overseas governments.

He also acts in financial services contentious matters.

He further advises on company law matters, and regularly drafts corporate, transactional and commercial documents and agreements.

Arbitration

Charles Marquand has been sitting as an arbitrator for over 20 years, principally in international commercial disputes. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Chartered Arbitrator.

He is on the data-bases and has been admitted as a panel member of several leading arbitral organisations, including the ICC (UK), ICC (France), LCIA, DIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, BVI International Arbitration Centre, P.R.I.M.E Finance (Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague) and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC).

He has particular experience of sitting in disputes concerning metal and is on the arbitral panels of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA).

Charles Marquand is a member of the French bar (Paris).

Charles Marquand is a member of the Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR, the Financial Services Lawyers Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Energy Arbitration Club and the Franco-British Lawyers Association.

Author of articles/chapters on financial services topics; lectures on financial services to universities, solicitors, conferences.

MA (Oxon), MA Law (City, Lond), Dip European Law (Kings, Lond).