Ian MasonPartner at WalkersSpeaker
Profile
Ian Mason is a Partner in the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group, having joined Walkers' Cayman Islands office in 2023. Ian is a highly experienced senior financial services regulatory, financial crime and FinTech lawyer, with over 20 years' experience advising a broad range of clients on financial services regulation and compliance. He is a former Head of Department in the Enforcement Division at the UK regulator, the Financial Services Authority (now Financial Conduct Authority - FCA) prior to which he was a Manager at the London Stock Exchange. Since leaving the regulator, he has worked as a Partner and headed the Financial Services Regulatory team at various international law firms in the UK, as well as in-house.
Ian's practice includes both contentious regulatory and advising on compliance matters, and he has particular expertise in advising on FinTech and crypto-assets, as well as financial crime, AML and market conduct issues, and advising clients on dealing effectively with regulators, including regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings on the defense side.
Agenda Sessions
When you're in the crosshairs of government agencies, what happens? A global view
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