Taher Ahmed is a financial services lawyer based in London.

Prior to joining the firm as an associate in November 2022, Taher trained and later worked as legal counsel on the buy-side of a global asset manager from 2019 to 2022.

Taher advises clients on a wide range of financial services regulatory matters which include providing guidance and advice on the scope of the UK (and where relevant, EU) financial services regulatory perimeter. Taher advises clients mostly on the wholesale and retail side of the industry, with a particular focus on funds and discretionary investment management services. Taher has advised a range of clients which include fund managers, segregated portfolio managers, depositaries, as well as institutional and other sophisticated investors. Taher also has experience in advising on a wide range of compliance issues in the asset management sector, as well as drafting, reviewing and negotiating common industry agreements which include but are not limited to, appointed representative agreements, secondment agreements, delegation agreements, investment management agreements, investment guidelines, depositary agreements, custody agreements, service level agreements and investment advisory agreements.

Taher completed his law degree in 2016 and holds an LLM in Banking and Financial Regulation from the London School of Economics, which he obtained in 2018.