Muneer Khan
PartnerSimmons & Simmons

Muneer heads the firm’s award-winning Middle East financial markets and financial services regulatory practices, in addition to the firm’s international Islamic finance practice. He is also a member of the firm’s international FinTech team.

He specialises in financial services regulatory matters and advises both regional and international financial institutions and asset management groups on a wide range of cross-border regulatory matters, including relating to financial crime. He has significant experience and has recognised expertise in structuring a wide range of complex and innovative funds, financial products and services. He has experience of advising large family owned groups on the development of investment platforms and governance structures. He has also advised a number of governments on major regulatory reform initiatives and multinational corporations on AML/CTF, anti-bribery and corruption and sanctions compliance programmes and investigations.

Muneer heads the team named FinTech Legal Firm of the Year by the IFN Law Awards 2017, Asset Management & Funds Law Firm of the Year by the IFN Law Awards 2016 and Competition & Regulatory Team of the Year by the Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards 2015. Muneer is a co-author of the UAE chapter of Getting the Deal Through: FinTech 2018.