The organisation is based in Mayfair and specialises in funds, derivatives, financial services regulation and fund formation.

European law firm Fieldfisher has launched a specialist law firm to concentrate on business areas such as hedge funds and derivatives. The new entity is called Cummings Fisher, led by a trio of partners.

The partners are Claire Cummings (managing partner), who founded Cummings Law in 2003; partners Ron Feldman (head of the derivatives practice) and James Tinworth (head of funds practice).

The organisation is based in Mayfair and specialises in funds, derivatives, financial services regulation and fund formation.

Cummings practises financial services law with a focus on regulatory issues, cryptocurrencies and tokens, trading and brokerage documentation and advising both existing and start-up funds and fund managers. Tinworth joins from Stephenson Harwood where he was a partner and head of the hedge funds practice. Feldman was previously a partner at MJ Hudson and held senior positions at the London office of Schulte Roth & Zabel and in-house at the investment bank Credit Suisse.

Fieldfisher will provide the team with its international infrastructure of legal experts across a wider range of practice areas including tax, employment, data privacy, corporate, IP and technology.