Andrew Massey is a partner in the firm's Financial Services and Asset Management
and Investment Funds practice group. He provides advice on financial services law
and regulation to a diverse range of financial services institutions including asset
managers, banking groups, financial intermediaries and platforms, and institutional
investors. His practice covers advising on the financial services regulatory
perimeter, and legal and regulatory requirements – when businesses need to be
regulated, how businesses become regulated, and what businesses need to do to comply
with financial services regulation.
Andrew is also a regulated investment fund professional. He advises managers of UK
authorised funds on a wide range of matters, including new fund launches, changes to
existing funds, schemes of arrangement, fund documentation and other disclosures,
agreements with service providers, distribution arrangements, and regulatory
compliance. In addition, Andrew acts for asset managers of both regulated and
unregulated investment funds that wish to access the UK market, including advising
on the UK’s Overseas Funds Regime, the AIFMD national private placement regime
and the financial promotion regime.
Andrew is ranked in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and
Partners for Financial Services Regulatory Advice (non-contentious) as well as
for Open-ended and Retail Funds.
Andrew has served on the firm’s Audit Committee since 2022.
