Hannah Brooks
Partner
Sector
Financial Institutions
Banks, asset managers, insurers and fintech companies, on transactions, regulation and enforcement.
§ 01Overview
Financial institutions face regulators in every jurisdiction where they do business. We help banks, asset managers, insurers and payments companies grow through acquisitions and new products while meeting those regulators' expectations.
§ 02Key contacts
Key contacts
§ 03Experience
Representative matters
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Counsel to the underwriters on Veltra Payments' initial public offering
Advised the joint bookrunners on the listing of a payments platform and its concurrent private placement.
Capital Markets & Finance
US$780 million
Designed an AI governance programme for a UK insurer
Drafted the policy framework, vendor terms and risk assessments for the insurer's use of generative AI in claims handling.
Data, Privacy & Technology
Defending a payments company in a consumer protection investigation by state attorneys general
Representing the company in a multistate inquiry into fee disclosures.
Investigations & White Collar · Antitrust & Competition
Represented a former executive of a digital-asset exchange in a sanctions inquiry
Advised an individual through interviews with regulators and prosecutors; no action was taken against the client.
Investigations & White Collar
Counsel to the lenders on the acquisition financing for Sabine Foods
Advised the arranging banks on a term loan and revolving facility to fund a cross-border acquisition.
Capital Markets & Finance
US$600 million
§ 04Insights
Related insights
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Most AI decisions reach the board as procurement. They are also decisions about data, liability and disclosure.
Team moves: what employers can do before, during and after
When a group of employees leaves for a competitor, the first seventy-two hours matter most.
Internal investigations: the first seventy-two hours
Decisions made in the first days of an investigation are hard to undo. A checklist for general counsel.
§ 05Related