FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
UK-wide
2 years ranked
Provided by Clifford Chance LLP
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.
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
Provided by Chambers
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.
Provided by Chambers
Monica is our go-to, wherever the question falls on the spectrum, from black letter law to regulator perspective to industry practice.
Monica Sah is deeply technical, very commercial and she really knows her stuff and the market.
Chambers is the leading data and intelligence partner for the legal sector.