The Financial Regulation group at Slaughter and May, including partners Ben Kingsley and Nick Bonsall, and professional support lawyer Selmin Hakki, regularly share their thoughts with Practical Law Financial Services subscribers on topical developments in the banking and investment services sector.

In their column for January 2021, Ben, Nick and Selmin consider the end of the Brexit transition period and the possibility of UK divergence from the EU rulebook, as well as the harmonisation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures, and the EU's plans to counter the influence of third country sanctions.