Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Darren specialises in UK and European regulation of buy side clients, including hedge fund managers, institutional asset managers, funds of funds and private equity houses. He is widely acknowledged as a leading regulatory advisor in the hedge fund sector. Darren regularly advises a wide range of financial sector clients on all aspects of the law and regulation applicable to the discretionary management of investments, the trading, clearing and settlement of transactions in securities, derivatives and other financial instruments (both on exchange and over the counter), the marketing of funds and managed account services and MiFID 2 implementation. Darren’s areas of specialism include hedge fund manager regulation, insider dealing and market abuse prevention, use of dealing commissions and long and short position disclosure rules.