John Casanova

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JOHN CASANOVA is a senior counsel and has been practicing in the firm’s London office since 1999, including 21 years as a partner. He also practiced in the firm’s Singapore office from 2012 to 2016 and in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office from 1996 to 1999. John advises clients on a wide variety of U.S., UK, and EU financial services regulatory and transactional matters. He works regularly with banks, payment service providers, investment managers, fintech companies, brokers/dealers, payment systems, and other financial intermediaries in the UK, the EU, Asia, and the U.S. John has assisted clients with setting up and operating regulated businesses and financial services joint ventures in the UK, the EU, and in Asia. He also works with clients in responding to regulatory investigations and examinations. John has handled complex commercial transactions for regulated entities and acquisitions, and disposals of regulated businesses and asset portfolios.

John is co-editor of Payment Services Law and Practice (2022), and has been a contributor to the Review of Banking and Financial Services and the Journal of International Banking Law. He is a former editor of Payments and Fintech Lawyer, and has also been a contributing editor to Butterworths Financial Regulation Service for Payment Systems and Electronic Money. John is an English-qualified solicitor and a member of the District of Columbia bar in the United States.