Paul Anning
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Financial Services: Payments Law
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About
Provided by Paul Anning
Practice Areas
Banking and finance
Financial regulation
Payments
Regulatory and compliance
Career
Paul founded Osborne Clarke's Financial Institutions Group in 2005, leads their International Payments practice and is well known for his market-leading expertise in Payments and FinTech.
Paul has over 25 years’ experience as a lawyer in the Financial Services sector.
Paul guides clients through new product development and launch, regulatory change, international surveys and transformational projects, both within the UK, Europe and globally. He works with international and UK domestic clients from across the whole Payments ecosystem, from wholesale banks and infrastructure service providers to new non-bank market entrants, including account aggregators and marketplaces, electronic money and payment institutions and digital currency participants.
Paul is well versed in the complexities of the Payments industry's network arrangements, and a deep knowledge of legal and regulatory developments affecting the Payments industry. He regularly speaks at leading industry conferences.
Chambers Review
UK
Paul Anning maintains a strong profile in the financial services market. He is frequently seen advising on the implementation of company-wide policies in compliance with large-scale regulatory changes. He is also adept at handling payments infrastructure projects and he leads the Osborne Clarke international payments group.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paul Anning is a real guru of payment services law. He is extremely responsive, nice and practical."
"Paul Anning is a real guru of payment services law. He is extremely responsive, nice and practical."