About Rico Benavides

Rico Benavides is a member of the Swedish Bar Association who has been working on financial regulatory compliance matters since 2014. Rico specialises in financial regulation, especially in asset management (UCITS and AIFMD), investment services (MiFID), insurance (IDD) and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AMLD). He advises foreign and domestic companies operating in the financial industry, such as investment firms, fund managers, banks, insurance companies and insurance distributors, in matters relating to regulatory compliance with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority including authorisation, the implementation of new legislation, cross-border business setups and corporate and contract law matters. Several of Rico’s clients are fintech companies providing robo-advice, e-commerce payments or crypto-trading services.