CMS bolsters Financial Services Regulatory team with new hire

International law firm CMS has bolstered its market leading Financial Services practice with the addition of new partner Mike Ringer, who joins the Financial Services Regulatory team in London.

Mike was previously the Head of Legal (Europe & CIS) at a leading digital assets exchange, where he spearheaded the navigation of the regulatory challenges surrounding crypto and helped the business to secure regulatory approvals in multiple jurisdictions.

Prior to that he spent 12 years at Slaughter and May, working in the firm’s London and Hong Kong offices, where he had a wide-ranging practice covering the full spectrum of regulatory, financing and corporate/commercial work, with a particular focus on financial regulation and FinTech. His clients included regulators, financial market infrastructure operators, technology service providers, payment and electronic money institutions, traditional and challenger banks, and other financial institutions and intermediaries.

Mike is qualified in both England & Wales and Hong Kong.

Ash Saluja, CMS Head of Financial Services and Products commented: “Our expansion of the Financial Services Regulatory team continues, and I’m delighted to welcome Mike to CMS and our market leading Digital Assets practice. His in-depth industry experience and knowledge will further strengthen our highly respected team of Charles Kerrigan, Sam Robinson and Chris Glennie.”

Added Mike Ringer: “I look forward to working with my colleagues across the CMS global network, leveraging my industry experience to help clients navigate the rapidly developing legal and regulatory landscapes for digital assets in the UK, Europe and internationally, which are set to revolutionise financial markets and services.”

CMS Partner Charles Kerrigan commented: “After building a market leading tech-centred crypto and digital assets team, Mike joins us to further enhance our institutional capacity working on large tokenisation projects for the largest crypto native firms and investment banks. To have Mike move from being my client to my partner is a great compliment.”