Regulatory
Our Regulatory Group combines public and
regulatory, competition &
EU, public procurement and
regulated industries expertise. We specialise in supporting a
wide range of commercial organisations on regulatory matters and
advise many of the regulators and relevant public bodies
themselves.
Clients routinely instruct us to audit their regulatory
frameworks against best practice and advise on issues including the
powers and duties of public bodies and officials, consultation
processes and influencing decision-making, the implementation of
new statutory and non-statutory schemes, the requirements of
fairness and natural justice, human rights and legal
challenges.
Our lawyers are closely allied to our public sector, commercial and privacy & information law teams, working with
them on a daily basis to achieve the best overall business
result. Our sector focus includes media, healthcare,
social care, energy, communications, life
sciences, advertising, sport
and aviation.
Our experience includes:
- advice on vires, governance and statutory
interpretation
- rule drafting and obtaining primary and secondary
legislation
- lobbying and consultations
- regulatory audits
- challenging EU measures and their implementation /
introduction
- obtaining regulatory pre-approvals
- assessing internal procedures and risk
- training on managing risk, law, procedures and
investigation
- public and private investigations and
inquiries
- bringing and defending legal challenges
- preparation and prosecution of regulatory
cases
- criminal and quasi-criminal investigations
- accounting / disclosing to regulators and
super-regulators
- advising panels and tribunals