Finnel - Market Abuse Expertise

We assist companies and law firms in market abuse matters by providing advice, investigating incidents and acting as an expert witness

Our expertise covers market abuse in several contexts:

Market abuse types

Disclosure violations
Market manipulation
Insider trading
Market rigging
Stock price manipulation
Wash trades

Industries

Corporations
Banks
Market makers
Investment funds
Exchanges

Jurisdictions

EU / Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and Market Abuse Directive (MAD)
UK
US
Guernsey

Types of proceedings

Criminal (DoJ, Dutch public prosecutor)
Administrative (SEC, CFTC, FINRA, AFM, DNB)
Civil (several jurisdictions)

Business contexts

Regular business
Public bids
M&A deals
Securities offerings
Trading

Financial instruments

Shares
Bonds
Futures
Mortgage backed assets
Tradable rights
Virtual currencies and tokens (cryptocurrencies)

News items

Dieselgate: Six Volkswagen executives charged with fraud in Germany

Six Volkswagen executives have been charged with fraud, after they were accused of “deliberately misleading” authorities and customers in the months leading up to the diesel emissions scandal in 2015 […]

First FCA fine under the Market Abuse Regulation for PDMR notification failures

The FCA has fined Kevin Gorman £45,000 (including early settlement discount) for breach of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). This important provision requires a person discharging managerial […]

EU Report on Accepted Market Practices Under the Market Abuse Regulation

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published an annual report to the European Commission on the application of accepted market practices under the Market Abuse Regulation. The Market Abuse […]