Financial Services
At LBF Partners, we understand that navigating the complex landscape of financial regulations and transactions can be challenging. Our Financial Services division is dedicated to providing comprehensive legal support tailored to meet the unique needs of individuals, businesses, and financial institutions.Our team of experienced attorneys specializes in a wide range of financial services, ensuring that we provide comprehensive and in-depth legal support on structuring, documentation and negotiation of a wide range of financial regulation-related matters across various financial institutions. Within the scope of our comprehensive suite of services, we provide our services for financial institutions, including:
- Commercial and Investment Banks
- Intermediary/Brokerage Institutions
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Investment Companies, Real Estate Investment Companies and other Collective Investment Schemes
- Portfolio Management Companies
- Real Estate Investment Funds, Venture Capital Investment Funds and other Investment Funds
- Crowdfunding Platforms
- Fintech, Payment Services and e-Money Companies
Financial institutions face many legal, operational and strategic challenges both in their domestic and international operations. In order to overcome these challenges, we offer comprehensive and efficient services to financial institutions, including:
- Regulatory Approval, Application Process and License Management: Consultancy services during the application process for establishment permit, official authorization for new operational licenses and the renewal of existing ones for the approval of relevant regulatory authority including diverse array of activities, ensuring a smooth and efficient approval process
- Strategic Evaluation and Planning: Exhaustive analysis of financial institutions’ existing circumstances, portfolio constraints, financial capabilities and conducting due diligence prior to the restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, debt financing, equity financing, or hybrid instruments, share transfers, capital increase or IPO, formulating a robust and all-encompassing strategic plan
- Contract Drafting and Negotiations: Drafting all customer contracts and templates to be signed with banks, investment firms, major card networks, service providers and other third parties, ensuring clarity, compliance, and legal soundness. These contracts encompass a range of contractual arrangements, such as cross-border transactions, derivatives contracts, international trading agreements, foreign exchange contracts, credit facility agreements, as well as engagements with liquidity providers and other financial institutions.
- Daily Consultancy and Compliance Advisory: Ongoing daily consultancy services, addressing operational, legal and financial needs and ensuring unwavering adherence to the ever-evolving regulatory standards and providing expert advice on all compliance matters complying with local and international regulatory requirements, including consumer protection, capital reserves, anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) regulations.
- Digital Transformation, Organizational Planning and Compliance: Planning digital customer onboarding and organizational processes while ensuring perfect alignment with the latest legal framework, including consultancy on renegotiating and renewing customer contracts, preparation of internal policies and procedures, robust internal audit frameworks, risk management strategies and compliance protocols, ensuring that our clients operate in full compliance with regulatory standards and best industry practices.
- Investment Funds Incorporation: Establishment of various types of investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and mutual funds, ensuring proper structuring and regulatory compliance and managing the application process to the CMB to incorporate the investment funds, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met and approvals are secured.
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Handling complex financial disputes, including breaches of contract, fiduciary duty claims, fraud claims, insider trading cases, and class action lawsuits along with the alternative dispute resolution services, including arbitration and mediation, along with the regulatory investigations and enforcement actions brought by financial regulators.
- Data Privacy and Cybersecurity: We assist clients in developing and implementing data privacy policies and cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive financial information and comply with data protection regulations.