Paul Estlin

Expertise

Paul is a financial services regulatory specialist with over 15 years’ experience.  He has a wealth of experience, both in private practice and in-house. Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, he worked as a regulator at the Financial Services Authority and one of its predecessors, the Personal Investment Authority.  Since qualifying as a solicitor, Paul has focused on financial services regulatory work at a number of prominent law firms.  He has also worked in-house in a compliance role at an investment bank and in the legal team of global bank’s wealth management arm.

Paul Advises

• Advising the UK subsidiary of a US Treasuries trading platform about UK regulatory requirements and content of its terms of business.
• Advising a global provider of the banking and payments technologies about the impact of the Payment Services Regulations on the company’s business.
• Advising a UK platform and advisory services firm about the regulatory implications of its business acquisition programme.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

• Ford & Warren
• Addleshaw Goddard LLP
• Rosenblatt Solicitors
• Eversheds LLP
• Shoosmiths

Previous Businesses

• Financial Services Authority/Personal Investment Authority
• Standard Bank
• Barclays Bank

Education

• Leicester University (1994 LLB)
• Universita degli Studi di Modena (Erasmus programme 1993)
• College of Law, Chester (1995 LPC)