About
She specialises in advising FinTechs including online platforms and cryptoasset-related businesses such as token issuers, DeFi protocol developers, cryptoasset wallet providers, cryptoasset exchanges on financial services regulatory issues arising from inception to maturity.
Shaanil also assists clients on regulatory perimeter issues (e.g., advising on FSMA regulated activities, payment services, and e-money issuance), applications to the FCA (e.g., for change in control, authorisation, AML registration and the FCA's regulatory sandbox), day-to-day advice on broad financial services regulatory matters (e.g., conduct obligations, financial promotions, prudential requirements), and reviewing/drafting documents (e.g., term and conditions, policies).
Shaanil is admitted to practice in New Zealand.
Experience
- Advising a second-hand C2C platform focussed on fashion on regulatory aspects of its 340 million euro secondary share sale.
- Advising an investment firm on the circulation of investment memorandums into the UK and US.
- Advising a memecoin launching platform on the regulatory implications of its activities in the UK.
- Advising a cryptoasset wallet provider on the application of the crypto financial promotion regime in relation to its materials.
- Advising a cloud service provider on the provision of loans to executives without triggering the consumer credit regime.
- Advising an open banking provider on the compliance of its terms and conditions with the Payment Services Regulations (UK), and the application of the Money Laundering Regulations (UK) and CDD obligations to PISPs and AISPs.
- Advising an authorised electronic money institution with a complex change in control application.
- Advising an FCA authorised insurance brokerage on regulatory aspects of its acquisition of a pensions funds investment consultancy firm.
- Advising a private client on potential regulated activities provided within their family office arrangements and the application of the group exclusion.
