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Provided by Nicola Higgs
Nicola Higgs is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and Global Co-Chair of the firm's Financial Institutions Industry Group. She specializes in financial services regulatory advice and has vast experience advising financial institutions and market infrastructure providers on a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border regulatory issues.
Nicola advises global investment banks, corporate finance houses, fund managers, insurers, stockbrokers, market infrastructure, and data services providers on a variety of legal and regulatory risk management matters, with particular expertise in the FCA’s Conduct of Business Rules, European regulatory developments, such as MiFID II, PRIIPs KID Regulation, and the EU Benchmark Regulation, and contested enforcement actions.
She has developed a formidable reputation advising global investment firms on the sale of complex derivative products to professional and retail investors, including cross-border issues.
Nicola also has a strong track record in advising private banks and wealth managers on their regulatory obligations.
Provided by Chambers
Nicola Higgs is global co-chair of Latham's financial institutions industry group. She maintains a high-level financial services practice and advises clients on areas such as ESG and the regulatory aspects of transactions.
Provided by Chambers
She has a supreme level of client service, sophistication and commercial awareness.
Nicola's subject matter expertise, responsiveness and ingenuity has enabled us to meet expectations while mitigating regulatory and reputational risks.
Nicola is a powerhouse in the legal profession - she takes it one step further than just acting on instruction and is proactive in engaging and helping us understand our needs.
Nicola is very responsive and provides succinct, practical and relevant advice.
She has a supreme level of client service, sophistication and commercial awareness.
Nicola's subject matter expertise, responsiveness and ingenuity has enabled us to meet expectations while mitigating regulatory and reputational risks.
Nicola is a powerhouse in the legal profession - she takes it one step further than just acting on instruction and is proactive in engaging and helping us understand our needs.
Nicola is very responsive and provides succinct, practical and relevant advice.