James Henson

James is a Director in Deloitte Legal specialising in UK and EU financial services regulation Recent areas of focus have included MiFID II, the EU benchmarks regulation, Brexit and IBOR transition. James also has considerable experience in dealing with various other types of regulatory issues including the UK and EU regulatory perimeter, licensing issues when conducting business on a cross border basis and bank operating models. James has worked with businesses as diverse as investment banking, retail banking, insurance and asset management.

James has spent over five years working in the in-house legal team at one the world’s largest banking groups. During this period James worked as a dedicated lawyer for regulatory change and also directly supported a large securities services business.

James also has a number of years of private practice experience having practiced both corporate law and financial services regulation at one of the world’s leading law firms.

James regularly combined his regulatory and corporate experience to advise on large M&A transactions involving the acquisition or disposal of regulated assets. As part of his private practice experience, James went on both international and client secondment.

James has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Bristol, where he received two awards for academic achievement.