Sean Donovan-Smith

Sean specialises in UK and cross-border financial services and markets regulatory advice, fund structuring, enforcement and investigations and the international marketing of funds and other financial products.  Sean is a guest lecturer for the University of Chicago’s Executive MBA Programme and regularly speaks on financial services matters.  Prior to going into private practice, Sean was Associate Director for Business & Legal Affairs and Head of Strategic Alliances for a large global asset management company and was a consultant advising on regulatory compliance and product development for London-based financial institutions.  Sean recently served as Commissioner and Counsel for an independent commission established by the UK Cabinet Office and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to examine expanding the UK's regime for dormant assets and was an unpaid adviser to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer.