Senior Associate
Ed qualified into TLT’s Commercial team in 2020 having trained with the firm.
He predominantly advises on payments and other financial services matters, providing specialist advice to large-scale businesses including banks, payment service providers and retailers in respect of merchant acquiring and broader payment services provision and procurement, as well as complex FS partnership and referral arrangements.
Ed also regularly advises clients across retail, leisure and other sectors on a range of commercial contracts and arrangements, including core trading terms, strategic supply, distribution and manufacturing agreements and IP assignments and licences.
Ed provides commercially focused advice which is tailored to the needs of clients and key stakeholders and has completed long term secondments with a major bank and a national supermarket.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Experience
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Financial Services
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Insights & events
Crime and Policing Act 2026: Expansion of senior manager criminal liability
FCA Synthetic Data and Anti-Money Laundering project report: Key points for financial services firms
SM&CR reform: HM Treasury announces Senior Managers and Certification Regime reforms
FCA's findings on Customer Due Diligence processes and controls: Good and poor practices
FCA and PRA publish final rules on operational incident reporting: firms have to ready by 18 March 2027
FCA finalises Phase 1 SM&CR reforms: what firms need to do now
PRA publishes Phase 1 SM&CR reforms: What firms need to know now
FCA puts inactive appointed representatives under the microscope
SFO publishes business plan for 2025-26: Geared for the future
FCA sets expectations for stronger outcome‑focused governance in Year 3 Consumer Duty board reporting
FCA's guidance on targeted support in consumer segment design: considerations for firms
The Bank of England and PRA set out plans for safe AI innovation: What firms need to know
The FCA highlights the due diligence risks for firms when dealing with unregulated lenders
FCA regulatory priorities 2026: Cross-sector themes and what they mean for firms
UK Government strengthens AML and crypto controls through the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2026
UK Supreme Court confirms broad reach of Russia sanctions and suspends payment obligations under letters of credit
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European Access Plan: Your gateway to business in the EU
Rebalancing act: the impact of retail transformation on people and stores
Important changes to insolvency law and creditor enforcement
Guide to the UK Government proposed reforms to the corporate insolvency regime
TLT acts for Pollen Street Capital on acquisition of Leonard Curtis
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TLT assists pioneering clinical-stage diagnostics company on investment
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TLT hires financial services regulation heavyweight to supercharge financial services offering
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Ainslie Benzie named Finance Rising Star of the Year at The Legal 500 Scotland Awards
TLT hires economic crime specialist to lead economic crime compliance team
TLT bolsters structured finance practice with second partner appointment in four months
TLT completes acquisition of UK bank for US-based global digital home ownership platform
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Document automation for in-house legal teams | Contract management
