INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Monica Sah

Monica Sah

FinTech 2026

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About

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FinTech

Practice Areas

Monica is a partner in the Financial Regulation Group. Previously, she was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and Head of Legal for International Wealth Management. Monica advises global financial institutions (asset managers and sell side) on a full range of legal and regulatory issues, including: establishment of new regulated entities, regulatory reform and implementation (e.g. AIFMD, UCITSV, ALMD5, SRD2 and MiFID2/R), financial product structuring, custody issues, expanding and maintaining a multi- product and jurisdictional platform, initial margin product development, governance and financial institution M&A. She is a leading advisor on Brexit structuring issues for asset managers, banks and dealers and on FinTech, cryptoassets and cryptocustody issues for cryptoasset issuers, crypto exchanges and crypto custodians.

Career

University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (BA, Economics) 1986

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada (LLB) 1988

University College London (LLM) 1990

University of London 1997

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (PHD) 1997

Joined Clifford Chance 1997

Morgan Stanley, Managing Director & Head of Legal for International Wealth Management (Asia, EMEA and Australia) 2004

Rejoined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2011

Chambers Review

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Professional Advisers: FinTech

FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies - UK-wide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Monica Sah brings significant in-house expertise to financial service regulatory matters. Her FinTech work includes advising custodians, exchanges and issuers on their crypto operations.

Strengths

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  • Monica is our go-to, wherever the question falls on the spectrum, from black letter law to regulator perspective to industry practice.

    FinTech Legal: Blockchain & CryptocurrenciesProfessional Advisers: FinTech
  • Monica Sah is deeply technical, very commercial and she really knows her stuff and the market.

    FinTech Legal: Blockchain & CryptocurrenciesProfessional Advisers: FinTech

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