Diego Ballon Ossio

Diego Ballon Ossio is one of the partners spearheading our Fintech offering out of London. His broad regulatory practice spans across the entire spectrum of non-contentious financial services regulation covering trading, custody and settlement of traditional investments and digital assets as well as strategic advice to regulatory authorities on the design and development of new regulatory frameworks.

Diego is a recognised expert in respect of regulatory policy development, particularly in the context of cryptoassets and the uses of digital ledger technology in traditional financial markets. He is often invited to participate in industry and standard setting bodies working groups including the UK Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) Working group on Fintech and the IRSG working group on Fintech.

He gained significant experience in financial regulation working at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (and predecessor organisation) from 2010 to 2015.

Universidad Catolica Boliviana (Law) 2004

Admitted as Abogado Bolivia 2005

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (LLM) 2006

Financial Services Authority 2010

Joined Clifford Chance 2015

Admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales 2015

Partner since May 2023

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