JOHN CASANOVA has practised in London since 1999 and is Head of the London Financial Services Regulatory Group. He advises clients on a wide variety of English, EU and US financial services regulatory and transactional matters.

He also advises on data protection and privacy matters. Mr Casanova works regularly with banks, investment firms, broker/dealers, payment service providers and payment systems, investment managers and advisors and other financial intermediaries in the UK, the US, Europe and Asia.

He has assisted clients with setting up and operating regulated businesses in the UK and the EU, responding to regulatory investigations and examinations, commercial transactions with regulated entities and acquisitions and disposals of regulated businesses and asset portfolios.

He is an editor of E-Finance and Payments Law and Policy. He has been a contributor to the Review of Banking and Financial Services and the Journal of International Banking Law. He is a contributing editor for Electronic Money and Payment Systems to Butterworths Financial Regulation Service. Mr Casanova is a member of the District of Columbia and Maryland bars and an English-qualified solicitor.