With more than fifteen years of experience in financial services, Mr. Roope has supported firms throughout the corporate lifecycle, advising on the design and development of business plans and risk frameworks for start-ups (authorisations) and established businesses (variations in permission); the impact and implementation of regulatory-driven change programmes (MiFID II, IDD, IFPR); remediation pre- and post-regulatory action; S166 reporting; recovery and resolution; and wind-down planning.

Mr. Roope has provided private equity firms and financial services investors with regulatory due diligence on acquisitions, disposals and refinancings covering balance sheet heavy and light sectors. He has advised clients on the change in control approval process and the design of firms’ regulatory business plans.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Roope spent four years with the Financial Institutions Group at RBC Capital Markets, where he advised, as an Approved Person (CF30), U.K. and European clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital structure optimisations and capital raises.

Previously, Mr. Roope was a financial services accountant with PwC in the Insurance and Investment Management Assurance division in London.

Mr. Roope earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Nottingham. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).