Jodi Norman

Practice Areas

Jodi is Regional Head of Financial Services Regulatory. She has unrivalled knowledge across the full suite of regulations applicable in the UAE: UAE Central Bank law and regulation, UAE SCA law and regulation, ADGM law and regulation and DIFC law and regulation.

She also has capability advising on SAMA/Capital Market Authority (CMA) law and regulation and supports A&O Shearman’s KSA desk on financial services regulatory matters. This regional knowledge is supported by strong working knowledge and experience in UK/EU financial services law and regulation.

Jodi advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions and we have invested in building a team with international support that can provide financial services regulatory advice to clients across all segments of the financial services industry, including: commercial banks, investment banks and broker-dealers (the sell side); asset managers, investment consultants, pension funds and other institutional investors (the buy side), exchanges, multilateral trading facilities and clearing houses (infrastructure providers), as well as regulators and governments on their regulatory frameworks.

Increasingly, the clients that she advises includes a broad range of non-traditional financial services providers, such as payment services and cryptoasset providers and fintech start-ups.

Jodi is the Regional DE&I Partner for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey (META). In this role Jodi sponsors the META DE&I Working Group and is integral to delivering a work program that focuses on enhancing gender diversity and cultural diversity and supporting A&O Shearman’s working parents.

Jodi holds a CISI Level 6 Diploma in Investment Compliance, a qualification developed specifically for compliance professionals.