Romin Dabir

Partner at Reed Smith

Speaker

Romin Dabir is a partner in the Financial Industry Group and has experience of advising clients on a wide range of financial regulatory issues on both the sell-side and the buy-side. Areas of focus include interpretation of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (and its underlying legislation), regulatory perimeter issues, governance, market abuse, conduct of business, marketing and distribution requirements. Recently, Romin has focussed in particular on advising alternative fund managers, including in relation to the formation, structuring and marketing of funds (in both the UK and Europe) and general compliance matters. In addition, he provides support for transactional departments in relation to the acquisition of financial services firms authorised and supervised by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”). He also has experience of assisting firms with investigating potential regulatory breaches and making notifications to the FCA, where required.

Romin also has a particular interest in environmental, social and governance ("ESG") and has experience of advising financial institutions in relation to compliance with the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") and the EU Taxonomy Regulation. He has also advised both EU and non-EU headquartered firms on impact of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") on their operations.

Prior to his legal career, Romin worked as a management consultant, where he qualified as a chartered management accountant.