The world has changed dramatically for financial institutions in the past decade, and Dentons lawyers have been at the forefront of these changes. We work with our clients to find innovative solutions that meet their business needs and objectives, leveraging our experience and industry insights. Our clients include local, regional and multinational financial institutions and our advice spans both own account/advisory mandates and transactional support in relation to products and services. Whether advising on regulatory advances, market infrastructure, capital markets, disputes, employment, corporate issues, fund structuring and compliance, or innovations in payments technology, we pride ourselves on being at the heart of this industry.

When working with Dentons lawyers in the UK, our clients access not only some of the leading advisers to financial institutions in this market, but can tap into resources much farther afield. The financial services industry, more so than many others, is increasingly global in scope, and Dentons clients have access to advice from a global team of experts working from offices around the world. Our financial institutions lawyers in our London practice sit within an integrated cross-border network that stretches across all major financial centers, from New York to Hong Kong, allowing us to support our clients whenever and wherever a need arises.

Recognition

Four deals for Dentons clients awarded at the GBM CEE Central Asia and Türkiye 2025 Awards

October 21, 2025

Four deals on which Dentons advised were awarded at the GBM CEE Central Asia and Türkiye 2025 Awards.

Insights

Payments and Retail Lending Insights – October 2025

October 31, 2025

United Kingdom: Welcome to Dentons’ Payments and Retail Lending Insights where the team pulls together key updates from across a range of payment and retail lending developments in the UK to help inform your horizon scanning and current workstreams.

Consumer Duty – a bright future for firms and the FCA?

October 24, 2025

United Kingdom: The Duty is at the heart of how the FCA looks to protect consumers. It underpins its five-year strategy also published this year and is being relied upon by the FCA as it looks to streamline regulation and support the government's growth agenda.

Use of the quoted Eurobond exemption in the loan markets: why, when and how?

October 24, 2025

United Kingdom: The use of note subscription agreements has become increasingly common in the EMEA loan markets. There are various tax and regulatory reasons why an entity may choose to obtain debt finance by issuing notes, rather than by borrowing a loan. A common reason that UK companies choose to obtain debt finance in this way is to benefit from the quoted Eurobond exemption from UK withholding tax. This article explains when this exemption is most likely to be relevant, the criteria that must be satisfied to benefit from it, and the key documentary and practical implications of using it.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Four deals for Dentons clients awarded at the GBM CEE Central Asia and Türkiye 2025 Awards

October 21, 2025

Four deals on which Dentons advised were awarded at the GBM CEE Central Asia and Türkiye 2025 Awards.

Dentons advises The National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah (P.S.C.) on its inaugural issuance of US$300 million Perpetual Tier 1 Capital Securities

July 22, 2025

Dentons has advised The National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah PSC (RAKBANK) on its issuance of US$300 million Perpetual Additional Tier 1 Capital Securities. The issuance was RAKBANK's first Additional Tier 1 issuance following its inaugural Tier 2 issuance last autumn.

Dentons advises Šiaulių bankas on its €300 million bond issuance

March 31, 2025

Dentons has advised Lithuania's Šiaulių bankas on a €300 million senior preferred notes issuance. This latest issuance comes after its inaugural international bond issuance and its first-in-jurisdiction additional tier 1 notes issuance in 2024.

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