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Beyond Legal Consulting for the Financial Services and Asset Management Sector.
FIT Legal is a specialist boutique consultancy serving clients in the financial services and asset management sectors.
We provide bespoke derivatives documentation and business consulting solutions to market participants globally.
Our team has extensive experience and expertise and clients include asset and investment management firms and FTSE 100 companies. We have built an international network with brokers, asset managers and asset allocators.
Our service offering ranges from negotiations of a wide variety of trading agreements including OTC derivatives documentation, ISDA Master Agreements and negotiation of legal documentation, through peer benchmarking and regulatory assistance, to project management of fund launches and on-boarding with broker counterparties.
FIT Legal delivers more structured and tailored solutions to trading documentation negotiations allowing a more streamlined path to market than large corporations by delivering more structured, proactive solutions.
FIT Legal has also created the Derivatives Lab, a pioneering digital educational and training platform sharing knowledge about the banking and finance industry.
Testimonials
FIT Legal provides RWC with specialist support to help us navigate complex trading documentation and associated regulations. Given FIT Legal's extensive in-house asset management, it is no surprise that the advice we receive from FIT Legal is practical, user friendly and provide an excellent insight into industry best practice.
What a breath of fresh air - nothing is too much trouble for FIT Legal. We worked together on a project, redrafting numerous Fund Management Agreements due to a company acquisition. FIT Legal managed the whole lifecycle and were absolutely committed to delivering results. Their professionalism and wonderful manner meant I had every confidence in connecting FIT legal directly with senior stakeholders, freeing up valuable in-house resource. I highly recommend FIT Legal and look forward to with them again soon.
FIT Legal are a pleasure to work and provide and excellent and cost-effective solution to dealing with trading documentation for small and medium sized in-house legal teams. FIT Legal integrates easily into our in-house legal function as they have extensive knowledge and practical experience from working in-house themselves.
FIT Legal are a pleasure to work with. They have great communication skills, are personable and adaptable, take the initiative and are proactive in connecting and building relationships with the client to facilitate a smooth delivery of the project. They are happy to work independently and do a high standard, on time and to budget but are also team players. Their project management and reporting skills are excellent, they ensure that there is full transparency and escalate relevant issues for resolution as required. They are held in high regard by counterparties and their clients.
FIT Legal was extremely helpful from the start. With the phone conversation we had at the outset it was clear that they had the experience I needed as well as doing it at 4 times the speed of any large law firm I spoke to. The service was great and concise. I can highly recommend!
FIT Legal genuinely care about their and work and their clients. They were able to progress matters at a rapid rate while always maintaining a friendly and helpful disposition. I would not hesitate in recommending FIT Legal and hope to work with the team again soon.
How FIT Legal Consulting works
Flexible
From being in your offices once or twice a week, to ad hoc, on call/VC or remote offsite support, even if you simply need to cover expected and unexpected absences. We can offer total flexibility in matching FIT’s services to your business needs.
Innovative
Innovation is a way of working. In addition to investing in IT, we are able to offer an innovative approach to fees as FIT is not constrained by standard billing at hourly rates. Each client’s requirements are unique and FIT we can offer retainers, fixed fees, project fees or daily rates.
Tailored
What differentiates us from other similar firms, is our tailored approach. We pay extra attention to tailoring the service to match your needs. This allows me our team to deliver a high quality of service in a timely manner.