Regulation and public law

Our leading regulation and public law team offers expert legal advice tailored to meet your specific objectives. We work as part of a multi-disciplinary full service firm and are able to draw on a wide range of expertise as required.

Our track record speaks for itself. We have acted for regulators and professional bodies for decades across a wide range of sectors, including legal and financial services, and health and social care.

We have a strong defence practice, advising major businesses and public bodies as well as individual professionals on regulatory issues, including the investigation of allegations of misconduct. We have also acted for clients involved in some of the most high profile recent public inquiries, including the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, UK Covid-19 Inquiry and the Infected Blood Inquiry.

Our clients include a number of City and national law and accountancy firms, and we have represented over 40 sets of barristers’ chambers. We represent teachers, doctors, social workers, opticians, other health and social care professionals and other regulated professionals, in connection with all aspects of professional regulation. We also advise charity trustees on their regulatory responsibilities.

Our wider sector experience includes education, sport, retail, transport and infrastructure.

Our strength and depth of regulatory expertise extends to environmental regulation, including statutory nuisance claims and to the breadth of licensing law matters including alcohol, refreshment and entertainment licenses, gambling and lotteries, as well as taxis and private vehicle hire.

We advise on the most serious issues, cases with an international element and those with a high level of public and media interest requiring careful management of reputational risk.