Sean Donovan-Smith has over 20 years' experience acting for funds, managers, advisers and institutional investors. He focuses on financial services and markets regulatory advice, regulatory enforcement and investigations, advising on regulated and unregulated funds, and the international marketing of funds and other financial products.
He has wide experience dealing with complex financial services matters, including derivative and futures products, regulatory compliance, FSMA/FCA requirements and cross-border regulatory issues.
Sean Donovan-Smith has over 20 years' experience acting for funds, managers, advisers and institutional investors. He focuses on financial services and markets regulatory advice, regulatory enforcement and investigations, advising on regulated and unregulated funds, and the international marketing of funds and other financial products.
He has wide experience dealing with complex financial services matters, including derivative and futures products, regulatory compliance, FSMA/FCA requirements and cross-border regulatory issues.
Sean recently served as Commissioner and Counsel for the UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport to examine expanding the UK's dormant assets regime.
Fund Formation
Fund Management and Brokers
Fund Marketing
Regulation
Derivatives
Sean has appeared on various media platforms, including television and radio, on programmes such as BBC Breakfast, BBC News, BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight, Sky News and Albourne TV. His articles have been featured in publications, including Bloomberg’s Journal of European Business Law, City A.M., Compliance Reporter, Complinet, Fund AIM, Hedge Fund Review and the Investment Lawyer. He has also been quoted in Bloomberg, the Financial News, the Financial Times, the Hedge Fund Journal and Thomson Reuters.