Jack Prettejohn
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Jack Prettejohn

Partner

Email

jack.prettejohn@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 1276

Offices

London

V-CARD
Jack specialises in a wide range of financial services regulatory issues relating to prudential regulation, cross-border trading, remuneration, corporate re-structuring and cryptoassets.

His practice ranges from strategic and interpretive advice to effecting legislative change and regulatory applications. He has worked extensively with clients to develop programs to manage critical regulatory risks.

Jack works with leading clients across jurisdictions including international and local banks, brokers, traders, investment firms, asset managers and market infrastructure providers. He is a regular commentator on new and emerging developments and has undertaken secondments at BNP Paribas Securities Services, CME Group and the Bank of England's Legal Directorate.

Expertise

Industries

Published Work

  • UK future crypto framework: FCA Consultation Paper on Regulating Cryptoasset Activities (CP25/40), A&O Shearman, 2025 
  • Prettejohn J (2025), "A practical playbook for Remuneration Committees and Compliance", i-law Compliance Monitor (Lloyds List Intelligence) 
  • UK future crypto framework: The countdown begins, A&O Shearman, 2025 
  • Risky business: brokers and platforms in the UK’s crypto regime, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 2025 
  • UK bankers' remuneration reform: significant flexibility unlocked, A&O Shearman, 2025 
  • Bankers' bonus cap lifted: what does it mean for banks?, A&O Shearman, 2023 
  • Removal of the bankers’ bonus cap: impact and next steps, A&O Shearman, 2023 
  • UK scrapping of the banker bonus cap – a strategy for boom or bust?, A&O Shearman, 2022 
  • Banking in Africa: Delivering on Financial Inclusion, Supporting Financial Stability, European Investment Bank, 2018 
  • The Banking Law Journal, 135(5) (The Future of MREL Article), LexisNexis A.S. Pratt, 2018 
  • Practitioner’s Guide to MiFID II (Third Country Firms Chapter) (3rd edition), Sweet & Maxwell, 2018 
  • Banking Regulation 2017 4th Ed. (UK chapter), Global Legal Insights, 2017 
  • Practitioner’s Guide to MiFID II (Third Country Firms Chapter) (2nd edition), Sweet & Maxwell, 2015

Speaking Engagements

  • 22/01/2026 – Client Seminar Programme – New UK crypto regime: proposed application of the FCA Handbook and prudential rules 
  • 05/11/2025 – Client Seminar Programme – Ahead of the Curve: Developments in requirements for MREL and the UK bank resolution regime 
  • 08/10/2025 & 09/10/2025 – UK regulatory academy 2025: Bank regulation 
  • 12/06/2025 – Client Seminar Programme – New UK crypto regime—Focus for global firms 
  • 01/04/2025 – The City Remuneration Summit 2025, Global City & Financial – Summit Co-Chair and Panel Chair: The role and responsibilities of the Remuneration Committee: how can RemCo Chairs satisfy themselves their firm’s remuneration strategy encourages the right behaviours? 
  • 15/02/2024 – Client Seminar Programme – Ahead of the Curve: Regulating critical service providers 
  • 23/06/2021 – IFPR webinars – Show me the (IFPR) Money 
  • 21/04/2020 – Client Seminar Programme – Update for banks, banking group and investment firms on new remuneration requirements 
  • 19/06/2019 – Client Seminar Programme – New EU prudential regime for investment firms 
  • 31/03/2016 – Financial Institutions: Understanding the Post Crisis Era 

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales

Recognition

“Rising Star”
IFLR1000, 2025

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2014

Academic

MA, Economics & International Relations, University of St Andrews, 2010
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.