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Based in the Simpson Thacher’s London office, Owen Lysak leads the Firm’s European financial services and funds regulatory practice and is widely recognized as a leading practitioner advising private funds and alternative asset managers on complex U.K. and EU financial regulatory matters and on the democratization of access by ordinary investors to private markets investments. Owen has deep experience counseling prominent private funds, asset managers and financial institutions on U.K. and EU financial market regulations and transactions, including AIFMD, MiFID II and UCITS, as well as helping asset management firms design, develop and structure investment products, including having advised on many of the leading European private markets retail funds. His broad practice also includes advising on the regulatory aspects of M&A and restructurings within the financial sector, market abuse regulations, regulatory capital requirements, securities offering rules, and on issues related to Brexit. Owen was recognized by IFLR as one of the most influential individuals in financial regulation in 2019 and as a “Rising Star” for financial services regulatory by IFLR1000. He was also named to Private Equity International’s Private Funds Management “30 Under 40 Lawyers” list in 2015 and 2017.