Seirian Thomas
Senior Knowledge Lawyer, UK
Seirian joined Osborne Clarke in September 2021 as a Senior Knowledge Lawyer within the Financial Institutions Group. She works across four core service lines: financial regulation, funds, payments, and consumer finance.
Seirian's practice covers a broad range of financial services clients, including FinTechs, fund managers, banks, payment providers, and consumer finance firms.
Prior to joining Osborne Clarke, Seirian frequently advised on regulatory issues affecting clients such as banks, investment managers, and private investment funds. She has also spent time on secondment to a leading investment bank's corporate banking business, focusing on payments regulation.
Seirian studied English at Oxford University before qualifying as a solicitor in 2015.
Insights
Knowledge Notes
UK business law predictions for 2023
As the new year unfolds, we look ahead at what legal developments businesses can expect
11/01/2023
Read time
15m
Financial Services
EU financial services firms face tougher cybersecurity rules in two years
The European authorities have adopted rules on digital operational resilience to tackle risks and harmonise requirements
22/12/2022
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2m
Financial Services
Crypto crisis begs the question in the UK: brave new world, same old problems?
Volatility and failures that hark back to the credit crunch may drive crypto regulation to protect financial stability
08/12/2022
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2m
Financial Services
Consumer finance firms: who is in scope of the new Consumer Duty?
Before moving to implementation planning, firms need to make sure whether and where they are caught by the rules
22/09/2022
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3m
Financial Services
Fund managers may urgently need to register express trusts with HMRC
The deadline to sign up is imminent, with exclusions unlikely to apply for trusts set up by Limited Partnership Agreements
23/08/2022
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3m
Financial Services
UK's new consumer duty confirmed with testing timelines
Financial services firms have more time to implement newly unveiled final Principle 12 rules – but the clock is ticking
10/08/2022
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3m
Financial Services
Funds Legal Update | June 2022
Welcome to a new edition of our Funds Legal Update, covering ESG developments, updates from the UK and Europe, and...
20/06/2022
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4m
Data-driven business models
How open banking has facilitated data-driven business models, and what's next
Open banking offers opportunities for data-driven business models by allowing customers to share their banking data securely with third parties...
14/06/2022
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10m
Data-driven business models
Data-driven business models: the role of legal teams in delivering success | Key findings
This infographic highlights some of the key overall findings and sector figures from our detailed report produced in partnership with...
14/06/2022
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1m
Data-driven business models
Data-driven business models: the role of legal teams in delivering success | Report
This detailed report, produced in partnership with European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA), explores the challenges and opportunities associated with new...
14/06/2022
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1m
Financial Services
UK moves to regulate cloud providers to financial services sector
Plans for new powers aim to mitigate risks stemming from overreliance on small numbers of cloud operators
10/06/2022
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5m
Financial Services
Funds Legal Update | Sanctions, case law on the financial promotion restriction and ESG
Welcome to a new edition of our Funds Legal Update.
26/04/2022
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5m
