Ayman is an associate in the firm's financial services regulatory team, advising clients across the sector on a wide range of financial regulatory matters.
Ayman's clients include wealth and asset managers, private equity sponsors, banking, fintech and family office clients. His experience includes advising on the financial regulatory perimeter, governance, systems and controls, overseas fund marketing to investors in the UK and financial crime prevention. Ayman also provides M&A transactional support, including regulatory due diligence, managing change in control application processes and coordinating with overseas regulators and local counsel to secure regulatory approvals on cross-border matters.
Ayman also has a particular interest in the emerging regulation of cryptoassets and has previous experience advising stablecoin and digital asset exchange clients on their regulatory positioning and compliance obligations.
Before joining the firm, Ayman was seconded to a major Australian bank, where he advised its digital business on a range of contractual and regulatory matters, including products, data, privacy, KYC, digital platforms and regulatory reform. He is a founding member and past President of the African Australian Legal Network and was previously recognised on Out for Australia's 30 under 30 list.
Experience
- Advising Stonehage Fleming, one of the world's leading independently owned multi-family offices, on their combination with US-based wealth adviser Corient.
- Advising Supermarket Income REIT on aspects of its strategic joint venture with funds managed by Blue Owl Capital.