Wealth Managers and Financial Advisers
For many years, we have been the trusted legal advisers to some of the largest financial adviser networks in the UK, leading wealth management firms, and other well-known financial advice businesses. Our deep sector expertise means we don’t just react to change – we help you anticipate it. From evolving public policy to shifting regulatory landscapes, our specialist teams enable you to identify and address risks and opportunities for your business models.
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Fully immersed in the financial services sector, we understand the pressures and complexities you face. We regularly work with the Financial Conduct Authority, the Financial Ombudsman Service, and overseas regulatory bodies, and are ideally placed to guide you through regulatory challenges.
We offer comprehensive legal support for both day-to-day operations as well as sensitive and strategic matters, including:
- Regulation
- Dispute resolution
- Regulatory investigations and white collar crime
- AML and sanctions
- Employment
- Real estate
- Corporate and commercial issues
- Technology, data protection, and cyber
Our practical, solution-driven advice helps you anticipate risks and opportunities before they arise, while responding quickly to everyday issues. We also help firms adapt and capitalise on market disruption, advising on emerging tech solutions in the rapidly expanding and innovative WealthTech space.
Featured experience
- Providing corporate and regulatory advice on numerous acquisitions of wealth management and financial adviser groups
- Advising on the drafting and review of the appointed representative agreements of several major financial adviser networks, ensuring not just regulatory compliance but drawing on our extensive experience of issues that can arise in practice
- Conducting a culture review for one of the largest UK wealth management groups
- Advising on FOS jurisdictional issues and the interpretation of the FCA Handbook in the context of complaints, including acting on the first successful judicial review of the FOS in over 10 years
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Banking & Finance Disputes
We handle a range of disputes both for and against banks and financial institutions.
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Employment
Our Employment and Pensions group is one of the largest specialist employment teams in the country, with over 60 specialist employment and pensions lawyers nationally. Tax is an integrated part of the advice we provide.
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Corporate
Our corporate team delivers comprehensive legal solutions to a diverse clientele. We specialise in M&A, Equity Capital Markets, and corporate advisory matters, collaborating seamlessly to help clients achieve their business goals.
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Commercial
Our extensive commercial services span various sectors, with dedicated teams in insurance, healthcare, technology, and more. We provide expert guidance on procurement, IT, contracts, intellectual property, competition, and more.
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Data, Privacy and Cyber
Our Data, Privacy and Cyber team provides advice and support on advisory and contentious matters of all sizes and complexity.
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Real Estate
With 170 lawyers we are one of the largest Real Estate legal teams in the UK. Our extensive network gives us national, regional and local knowledge and access.
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Investigations
We advise clients on internal investigations into issues ranging from compliance breaches in regulated firms to any matter involving people and the workplace.
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What our clients say
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”Dan Preddy is very good at handling the client, has very strong interpersonal skills and is an excellent lawyer.
Legal 500 UK 2026, Litigation
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”Hayes is a veteran contentious lawyer who frequently handles allegations of market abuse, trading errors, transaction reporting, bribery, fraud, or misconduct.
Legal 500 UK 2026, Financial Services: Contentious
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Ben Daniels is technically excellent, responsive, always direct and honest, and he understands the commercial picture.
Legal 500 UK 2026, Litigation
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Our expertise
Asset and Fund Managers
We provide legal support to asset managers on all aspects of conduct of business and regulatory risk.
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Banks
We act for all different types and sizes of banks, from challenger banks, to the largest global investment banks. Our clients include a plethora of banks comprising investment, challenger, retail, commercial, investment, foreign banks, private banks, building societies, neobanks, and novel alternative capital providers.
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FinTech
Our legal expertise in FinTech and all its essential component parts – payment, blockchain, wealth management, InsurTech and RegTech – provides competitive advantage for you through our deep understanding of the sector.
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We are the market leading law firm for services to financial advisers/wealth managers and networks.
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Why choose DAC Beachcroft?
We’re a broad-based commercial firm serving a wide range of sectors with a strong heritage in insurance,
health and real estate. We combine excellent legal skills and cutting-edge delivery expertise to design
solutions that fit the needs of our clients – often involving clever uses of technology.
