Costa is a partner in the London office of King & Spalding. He represents domestic and international financial institutions, fund managers, investment advisers, insurance brokers, Fintech and payments clients on a broad range of financial services regulatory, ESG and compliance matters across the UK, EU, ADGM and DIFC regulatory frameworks. 

Costa routinely acts for institutional clients advising on all aspects of the UK financial services regulatory framework. He regularly advises on the UK FCA authorisation and conduct rules, change in control requirements, the regulatory frameworks under UK, FCA, EU ESMA, ADGM FSRA and DFSA rules and guidance for investment managers and alternative investment fund managers, including the AIFMD assets stripping, pre-marketing and marketing rules, PRIIPS, international funds private placement frameworks, EU SFDR and UK SDR regimes.

He also has extensive experience in advising clients on multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance programmes, cross-border offering of financial and payment products and services, financial sanctions, market abuse, financial crimes and anti-money laundering legislation.

Costa is recognized as a ‘Next generation Partner’ in the Legal 500 and as ‘Up and Coming’ in Chambers UK for his work in financial services (non-contentious/regulatory). 

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