HSBC’s Global Payments Solutions team has been recognized for its role in the launch of an innovative service introduced in 2025 that converts corporate clients’ deposits into digital tokens on the bank’s private blockchain. This development enables instant transfers, significantly reducing the traditional settlement time from up to two days to near real-time. The legal team played a crucial role in structuring the service to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, drafting customer agreements, and coordinating with legal teams across the UK, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, and Singapore to facilitate the platform’s international rollout.
Other notable developments include Remote, a human resources and payroll platform, whose legal team developed Compliance Watchtower. This regulatory tool monitors employment law and tax changes across more than 100 countries, providing clients with timely alerts and recommended actions to ensure adherence to evolving local regulations.
At Aviva, lawyers focused on data protection and regulatory compliance for the latest iteration of MyAviva Wellbeing, a smartphone app providing digital healthcare services to employees of corporate clients. The legal efforts supported the UK insurer’s commitment to safeguarding user data while expanding digital health offerings.
Eon, the German energy group, has also launched a new partnership in the UK with the home-installation company Zuno. Legal advisors guided the collaboration on competition and regulatory issues, enabling households to purchase solar panels, heat pumps, and electric vehicle chargers online as part of their 2025 initiative.
Inspired Education’s legal team undertook a regulatory review of an AI-driven program designed for primary schools, preparing for a planned launch across seven jurisdictions by 2027. The team’s work ensures the education provider’s initiative complies with emerging regulatory frameworks surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in the education sector.
In the fintech arena, Tokenovate’s lawyers designed the Novat protocol, a tokenized settlement system intended to facilitate instantaneous financial transactions for institutions. Meanwhile, Revolut’s crypto assets legal team is actively engaging with the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory consultation by piloting a sterling-denominated stablecoin. This cryptocurrency aims to maintain parity with the British pound, representing an evolving approach to digital currency regulation and adoption.
Collectively, these initiatives illustrate the expanding role of legal teams in navigating complex regulatory environments to support innovation across finance, energy, healthcare, education, and technology sectors.