Carl Fernandes is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Financial Institutions Group. Mr. Fernandes has over 20 years of experience in London, Hong Kong, and Australia advising a wide range of financial services clients, spanning all key sub-sectors, including multi-disciplinary investment banks, broker-dealers, custodians, asset managers and private banks.
Mr. Fernandes advises on a broad range of complex regulatory issues, with a particular focus on the scope of licensing requirements in the context of cross-border business, the full range of wholesale market conduct requirements and restrictions, and the design, development, and implementation of systems and controls to manage these regulatory risks.
Mr. Fernandes provides advice on these issues in a wide variety of contexts, including influencing and implementing regulatory reform, supporting clients through intense supervisory or enforcement interactions with regulators, and conducting due diligence and structuring acquisitions or disposals of regulated businesses.