Ritson-Candler, Jonathan

Jonathan Ritson-Candler

Associate

He/Him/His

jonathan.ritson-candler@lw.com
    Ritson-Candler, Jonathan

    Jonathan Ritson-Candler

    Associate

    jonathan.ritson-candler@lw.com

    Profile

    Jonathan Ritson-Candler advises leading financial institutions and market infrastructure providers on UK and cross-border financial regulatory issues.

    Jonathan guides global investment banks, corporate finance houses, fund managers, insurers, broker-dealers, and market infrastructure and data services providers on a variety of legal and regulatory risk management issues. He also advises on private equity, IPO and M&A transactions in respect of regulated financial institutions, with a particular focus on asset management M&A. Jonathan has particular experience in matters involving:

    • The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Conduct of Business Rules
    • European regulatory developments, such as MiFID II, MAR, and PRIIPs KID
    • The EU Benchmark Regulation

    He also draws on a particular interest in anti-money laundering and financial crime, as well as the UK’s onshoring of EU financial services legislation in light of Brexit.

    Experience

    Jonathan’s recent experience includes advising:

    • NOBA Bank, Nordic Capital, and Sampo, on NOBA Bank’s SEK7.6 billion initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm
    • Bluegem Capital Partners, the specialist pan-European private equity firm focused on B2B and B2B2C consumer staples, on selling a minority stake in the firm to Lagfin S.C.A., Société en Commandite par Actions, the controlling entity of the Campari Group
    • Aztec on its strategic partnership with Warburg Pincus, through which Warburg Pincus became a minority shareholder and key client of Aztec
    • CVC Capital Partners on its £5.4 billion offer, in a consortium with Nordic Capital and ADIA, for Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s largest savings and investment platform and the UK’s biggest retail stockbroker
    • eToro Group, a trading and investing platform that empowers users to invest, share, and learn, on its upsized US$620 million IPO
    • Miniclip, an international digital games and entertainment company, on acquiring Easybrain, a mobile game developer, from Embracer Group
    • Ares Management on the US$3.7 billion acquisition of GCP International
    • Marex Group, the UK-headquartered diversified global financial services platform, on its US$292 million IPO
    • AllianceBernstein, a leading global investment management and research firm, on forming its joint venture with Société Générale
    • A new asset manager on a license application
    • The seller on disposing of an asset management and private wealth group
    • A number of global investment banks on their Brexit planning strategies and the impact of a no-deal “Hard Brexit” on their business
    • A UK private bank and wealth manager on undertaking an in-depth review of the firm’s approach to suitability and reporting to the board
    • A number of firms on implementing the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the changes brought about by MLD5, as well as tracking the impact of forthcoming MLD6
    • A number of global investment banks on their use and/or sale of “big data” and the associated EU regulatory touchpoints
    • A listed company on the MAR implications of rolling out a global employee share scheme (in particular, in relation to PDMR transactions and decision making)
    • A number of financial services clients on important firmwide MiFID II preparation and implementation projects
    • A number of global investment banks on implementing the MiFID II product governance regime

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • Legal Practice Course, University of Law, London Moorgate, 2013
      Distinction
    • LLB Law, University of Warwick, 2010
      First class honours

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

    Badges and Logos_Law360_Fintech Group of the Year_2024
    February 20, 2025 Recognition

    Fintech Group of the Year: Latham

    Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.

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