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
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 […]