Shoosmiths LLP

Chief Executive: David Jackson

Chairman: Peter Duff

Number of UK partners: 210

Number of other staff: 1,600+

Shoosmiths : For What Matters

We hire great people who create fantastic relationships with our clients to help them get the results that they deserve.

We do all we can to help our clients achieve their goals. We take the time to understand their needs so we can be proactive in looking for solutions and will deliver the highest quality legal advice. Our focus is on providing an exceptional client experience which incorporates open communication, cost transparency and a consistent service as well as ensuring the people you are working with make everything that little bit easier for you.

International

Shoosmiths works with individuals and corporates investing in the UK, as well as with UK-based clients operating in global markets (where appropriate, via our membership of World Services Group). In addition, our Brussels office advises clients on EU competition, regulatory and trade law.

Key Contacts:

Prakash Kerai

Luke Stubbs

Shoosmiths' specialist cross-disciplinary team guides and supports clients of all sizes - from investors and start-ups, to challengers, institutions, and household names – in this exciting space where Technology and Financial Services meet.

The size and strength of the UK financial services sector and its regulatory framework makes it a perfect arena for innovation and new entrants. Shoosmiths has worked successfully with a number of challenger banks and other disruptors, for whom Shoosmiths’ wealth of experience and willingness to share know-how is an obvious plus. This includes UK-based businesses and occasionally US-based businesses looking to move into the UK market.

Shoosmiths' teams work closely with our colleagues in our technology sector and venture capital teams, providing important areas of linked expertise.

As FinTech has evolved, so have we. Our team of specialist lawyers have the expertise and experience needed to guide and support clients across the FinTech ecosystem - from solution providers, disruptors, and investors, through to businesses and institutions looking to procure new products and services or to partner and collaborate.

We understand the unique balance which those engaged with FinTech must strike between innovation, complex commercial and technical arrangements, and wide-ranging legal and regulatory requirements. We also appreciate that the pace of change and fierce competition make agility and speed to market key.

Key Contacts:

Matt Green

Sam Tyfield

Prakash Kerai

Shoosmiths' team of precedent setting and blockchain native lawyers have substantial experience in advising those driving and capitalising on the blockchain and digital assets industry.

Our Blockchain and Digital Asset Group has been instrumental in setting much of the law in this sector and across the globe. Highly specialised, experienced and client-centric, our agile lawyers are the market leaders for all things blockchain, crypto-assets and DLT, covering

• Cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency derivatives
• NFTs
• Other blockchain enabled digital assets
• Tokenisation of real world assets and financial instruments
• Metaverse

Shoosmiths' dedicated Blockchain and Digital Asset Group is able to draw on years of market expertise, knowledge and sharing, and thought leadership to adapt to the extremely fast paced blockchain and digital assets sector including:

Blockchain & Digital Assets Commercialisation – strategic and transactional advice for both vendors, adopters (including some of the world’s largest brands) regulatory authorities and other stakeholders on creating, exploiting and protecting digital assets in a Web3 environment;

Blockchain & Digital Assets Compliance - helping clients navigate the evolving regulatory and legislative landscape to ensure their market involvement remains compliant with the latest legal developments; and

Blockchain & Digital Assets Disputes and Recoveries – complex, often multi-jurisdictional, litigation involving blockchain technology and recovery of cryptoassets.