Paul is Group Leader of the Financial Services Group. His practice encompasses all aspects of the regulation business and affairs of financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies and other regulated and unregulated providers of financial services. Paul advises on governance, enterprise risk management, business and ownership structures, permitted investments, capital, related-party transactions, licensing, product development and distribution matters and all regulatory issues. Paul advises on acquisitions, pension de-risking transactions, divestitures, reorganizations and joint ventures involving financial service providers, and advises financial services providers on inter-company agreements, cross-border supervision and delivery of services, outsourcing agreements, and referral arrangements. He is frequently involved in the delivery of training through participation in industry conferences and organization-specific seminars. He is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in all major legal directories and ranking publications.