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Steven Lightstone

Steven Lightstone

Associate

London Phone +44.20.3201.5663 Fax +44.20.3201.5001

Condor House//5-10 St. Paul's Churchyard//London, EC4M 8AL//United Kingdom

Steven Lightstone advises on financial services, securities, and derivatives regulatory issues. His clients include asset managers across a wide range of asset classes and their funds, banks, broker-dealers, fintech firms, payment institutions, institutional investors, insurers, lenders, and market associations.

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Asset Management, Law360 (2017)

Admissions

  • England & Wales (Solicitor)
  • Brussels
  • Ireland

Education

  • College of Law of England and Wales, England, 2009, LPC
  • Nottingham Law School, England, 2008, GDL
  • University of Nottingham, England, 2007, BA, Philosophy

Sectors

Services

Regions

Trending Topics

Events

6/23/2022 - Investing in Digital Asset Startups: What Lawyers Need to Know
3/1/2022 - M&A in the Ever-Changing FinTech Landscape – 2022
11/23/2021 - Culture and Conduct in Financial Services: UK Regulatory and Employment Developments
5/21/2021 - Digital Assets: US and UK Regulatory and Tax Treatment
4/6/2021 - M&A in the Ever-Changing Fintech Landscape
3/17/2021 - Senior Managers and Certification Regime: Top Tips for Implementation and Key Priorities for 2021
6/30/2020 - Client Money: Regulatory Goals and Key Requirements for Insurance Brokers
6/8/2020 - Stablecoins: US and UK Regulatory and Tax Treatment
6/3/2020 - Insurtech 2020: US/UK/EU Investment Trends and Regulation
11/21/2019 - AFME’s 2nd Annual Capital Markets Technology & Innovation Conference
9/20/2018 - Global Innovation Institute Conference (GI2)

News

4/8/2020 - Morgan Lewis Advises NSM Insurance Group on Acquisition of Kingsbridge Group
11/16/2018 - UK's Approach to Regulating Crypto-Assets Looks 'Measured', Law360
11/1/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises Pantheon International Plc on Share Capital Reorganization

Publications

3/8/2022 - M&A in the Ever-Changing Fintech Landscape
2/17/2022 - New UK Investment Firm Prudential Regime: Fixing Variable Remuneration
7/13/2021 - UK Commodity Derivatives Regime: FCA Not Enforcing Position Limits as HM Treasury Consults on Changes
2021 - Fund Management 2021, Getting The Deal Through
5/11/2021 - UK Financial Conduct Authority Continues Focus on Diversity and Inclusion
4/14/2021 - UK FCA Seeks to Ban Regulated Person for Nonfinancial Misconduct
Spring 2021 - What 2021 Has in Store for Stablecoin, Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law
January 2021 - What 2021 Has in Store for Stablecoin
11/2/2020 - SMCR: Full Implementation for Solo-Regulated Firms Delayed to 31 March 2021
9/2/2020 - FCA Releases Guidance to Assist Solo-Regulated Firms in Fitness and Propriety Assessments, Staff Training
8/14/2020 - FCA Consults on Implementing CRD V Remuneration Requirements
7/21/2020 - FCA Consults on Extending Senior Managers & Certification Regime Deadlines
7/20/2020 - Regulation Will Drive Insurtech Development in Europe, Insurance Day
5/11/2020 - Bitcoin 101: Halves, Halving, and ‘the Halvening’
4/7/2020 - SM&CR and COVID-19: UK Regulators’ Expectations
3/12/2020 - FSB Focuses on Financial Institutions’ Dependencies on Cloud
8/28/2019 - ESMA Publishes Advice on How Fund Managers and Investment Firms Should Integrate Sustainability Risks and Factors into Their Business Models
8/20/2019 - UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Final Rules on Extending SMCR to Solo-Regulated Firms
8/15/2019 - Recent Developments in the Regulatory Treatment of Cryptoassets in the United Kingdom and United States
7/26/2019 - UK Regulators Continue Focus on Cultural Accountability, Diversity in Financial Services Sector
6/14/2019 - Fintech Writ Global—Takeaways from Cross-Border Fintech: Regulation & the Law 2019
6/11/2019 - EMIR 2.1 Takes Effect Imminently: Implications for EU and Non-EU Asset Managers and Funds
4/2/2019 - FCA Issues Final Guidance on Key Issues Ahead of SMCR Extension
3/18/2019 - Basel Committee Warns of Crypto-Asset Risks to Banks
2/26/2019 - European Commission Issues Proposals on Sustainability for Financial Services Firms
2/4/2019 - SMCR: FCA Proposes to Exclude Heads of Legal from Senior Manager Approval
1/25/2019 - European Supervisory Authorities Issue Report on Regulatory Sandboxes, Innovation Hubs
11/30/2018 - UK Cryptoassets Taskforce Issues Report on Challenges Posed by Cryptoassets
11/12/2018 - SMCR: FCA Proposes Guidance on the Statement of Responsibilities
11/2/2018 - The EU Securitization Regulation—Application to AIFS and UCITS
10/23/2018 - Cryptoassets: The Current State of Financial Regulation at EU, UK, and US Levels
8/9/2018 - The World’s Sandbox: UK Financial Conduct Authority Announces Global Fintech Network
7/10/2018 - Financial Stability Board Consults on Compensation Data Reporting to Address Misconduct Risk, SA Financial Regulation Journal
7/10/2018 - SMCR Extension: FCA Publishes ‘Near Final’ Rules, Sets Implementation Date
7/5/2018 - UK Financial Conduct Authority: Meet the 29 Innovative Startups Joining Our Fintech Sandbox
5/17/2018 - Financial Stability Board Consults on Compensation Data Reporting to Address Misconduct Risk
3/8/2018 - UK SMCR vs APR: Criminal Record Checks and the FS Register in the New Accountability Era
2/16/2018 - Are You KID-ing? New EU Rules Require Information Documents to Be Supplied to Retail Investors