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Andrew J. Massey

Andrew Massey is a partner in the firm's financial services and asset management practice group. He provides advice on financial services law and regulation to a diverse range of financial services institutions including asset managers, banking groups, financial intermediaries and platforms, and institutional investors. His practice covers advising on the financial services regulatory perimeter, and legal and regulatory requirements – when businesses need to be regulated, how businesses become regulated, and what businesses need to do to comply with financial services regulation. 

Andrew is also a regulated investment fund specialist. He advises managers of UK authorised funds on a wide range of matters, including new fund launches, changes to existing funds, schemes of arrangement, fund documentation and other disclosures, agreements with service providers, distribution arrangements, and regulatory compliance. In addition, Andrew acts for asset managers of both regulated and unregulated investment funds that wish to access the UK market, including advising on the UK’s Overseas Funds Regime, the AIFMD national private placement regime and the financial promotion regime.

Andrew is ranked in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for Financial Services Regulatory Advice (non-contentious) as well as for Open-ended / Retail Funds.

Andrew has served on the firm’s Audit Committee since 2022.

Prior to joining the firm in 2014, Andrew was a senior associate in the London office of a European law firm where he worked for over ten years.

Andrew was seconded to Gartmore Investment Limited between 2009 and 2010 where he advised on legal and compliance issues.

  • Recognised by The Legal 500 United Kingdom in London
    • Next Generation Partner for Retail Funds, 2017-2026
    • Recommended Lawyer for Financial Services: Non-Contentious/Regulatory, 2024-2026
  • Recognised by Chambers UK for Investment Funds, 2014
  • Investment Company Institute (ICI) Mutual Funds Conference, Panel on International Regulatory Developments, San Diego, 2025
  • HFM European Legal Summit, Panel on Anti-Greenwashing, 2024
  • K&L Gates seminar, SDR v. SFDR - How to Navigate the Interplay Between These Two Regimes, May 2024
  • K&L Gates Investment Management Conference, London, annually from 2015 to 2023
  • Global Distribution Update, The Investment Association, April 2021
  • C&I Fund Management Seminar, annually from 2006 to 2014
  • Aon Risk Solutions Financial Services Conference, London, May 2016
  • The Rise of Alternative UCITS, K&L Gates presentation, London, February 2015
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