Financial and Capital Markets

Brokerage firms, assets management and fund management companies face an increasingly complex regulatory, legislative and technological environments, making highly experienced legal counsel a must for anyone providing products and services related to the financial and capital markets.

How can Porat Group assist financial institutions?

Porat Group has extensive experience with this industry, it being one of the first ones we specialized in when the law firm was founded. Our regulatory lawyers have vast experience with financial institutions in general, as well as with the relevant regulators in many jurisdictions in particular. We also have lawyers with us who have served as in-house counsel for regulators and companies within the industry in the past.

Due to that Porat Group is able to offer a full range of legal and business consultancy services for broker-dealers, brokerage firms, market makers, assets management firms, funds and related companies. We are already representing both a number of domestic players within the industry, as well as major multinational companies in the field.

Selection of services provided for financial institutions and capital markets companies

Some of the most sought after services by financial, brokerage and other closely related firms, provided by Porat Group, are:

• Company formation.
• Company structuring.
• Licensing and regulation.
• Legal, compliance and regulatory services after a company is regulated.
• Mergers and acquisitions.
• Joint venture agreements.
• Assistance with changes in ownership and management, as well as restructuring and membership applications for broker-dealers.
• Cross border transactions.
• Contracts of all kinds (drafting, updating, researching etc.)
• Point of contact, consulting and hands on assistance with regulators and other providers.
• Due diligence.
• Guidance and consulting related to technology, bank accounts and payments solutions, as well as actual assistance connecting to the most suitable providers.
• Arbitration and litigation if needed.
• Consulting and legal advice for technology related issues, such as IP, cyber fraud security, risk management, electronic record keeping and more.

Some of the jurisdictions Porat Group has substantial experience with

We provide the above, as well as some additional, services for multiple jurisdictions within the European Union and Eastern Europe (for example Cyprus, Malta, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Estonia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Lithuania), Australia, numerous jurisdictions in Asia (for example Hong Kong and Singapore) and several offshore financial centers such as the Cayman Islands and Switzerland.

We are therefore able to completely let the clients’ needs and wishes determine what jurisdiction is most suitable in each individual case. In the event that the client has no preference and is uncertain where to incorporate and regulate their business, we are also able to provide consultancy on the differences, benefits and disadvantages of all these jurisdictions.