Diego Ballon Ossio

Partner at Clifford Chance

Speaker

Diego Ballon Ossio is one of the partners spearheading our Fintech offering out of London. His broad regulatory practice spans across the entire spectrum of non-contentious financial services regulation covering trading, custody and settlement of traditional investments and digital assets as well as strategic advice to regulatory authorities on the design and development of new regulatory frameworks.

Diego is a recognised expert in respect of regulatory policy development, particularly in the context of cryptoassets and the uses of digital ledger technology in traditional financial markets. He is often invited to participate in industry and standard setting bodies working groups including the UK Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) Working group on Fintech and the IRSG working group on Fintech.

He gained significant experience in financial regulation working at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (and predecessor organisation) from 2010 to 2015