Hannah Meakin is a financial services regulation lawyer based in London. She has a particular focus on market infrastructure, commodities derivatives and Fintech and crypto regulation.

She advises on all aspects of compliance with relevant PRA and FCA requirements but has particular experience in brokerage, exchange trading, clearing, settlement, custody, client money and wholesale conduct. Hannah helps clients understand and implement financial services legislation, including the UK versions of MiFID II, EMIR, MAR, REMIT, BMR and IFPR and has led client projects on each of these.

Hannah's clients include both financial institutions and unregulated entities such as the trading and treasury teams of corporates. She also supports a number of industry bodies.

Hannah is Chair of the City of London Law Society Regulatory Law Committee, which regularly submits responses to papers from law and regulation making bodies where there is a need to challenge or clarify a legal matter.

Hannah also heads the firm's FinTech regulatory practice and is particularly active on the evolving regulation of digital assets and artificial intelligence. Hannah has been selected as an Ambassador for the Global Blockchain Business Council for the Fourth consecutive year and is also a member of its Organising Committee.

Hannah is ranked across a number of areas in legal directories including Financial Services, Commodities, Derivatives and Energy Trading and Fintech. Comments from clients include that “advice that comes back from Hannah is always detailed and clear and can be shared directly with internal stakeholders and that Hannah “perfectly understands our business, is creative to find solutions and has useful connections, in case we need to reach out to other areas”. In addition, Hannah is " highly rated” and “known in the market and has a good reputation”.