Global Investment Advisory

•	Support and lead M&A, private equity, and portfolio management initiatives for midmarket and growth-stage clients, focusing on industrials, technology, and consumer sectors, with an emphasis on enhancing shareholder value through strategic acquisitions and investments.
	•	Direct global investment strategies across the US, Asia Pacific, and Middle East, overseeing deal origination, financing, and portfolio oversight for diverse clients, including midmarket rollups and technology-focused firms.
	•	Provide interim operational leadership to portfolio companies, leveraging extensive experience in operational optimization to improve financial performance and scalability, particularly in challenging market conditions.

Senior Consultant, M&A and Private Equity

Early-Stage Investments

•	Provide strategic guidance to early-stage companies in technology, SaaS and other sectors, structuring investments and supporting operational growth through financial planning, corporate structuring, and market expansion strategies.

Angel Investor / Advisor

Defence Sector Investments

•	Advised defence sector clients on development strategies, focusing on integrating technology and training solutions to enhance operational and financial outcomes.
	•	Cultivated relationships with global defence stakeholders, including NATO, to support strategic growth and investment opportunities in the sector.

Advisor

Defence Sector Transactions

•	Supported defence sector transactions by developing and presenting strategic bids for military training and maintenance contracts in the GCC, securing opportunities to expand client presence.
	•	Collaborated with regional partners to align investment strategies with market demands, ensuring operational and financial alignment.

Consultant

Royal Air Force (RAF)

•	Managed high-value assets (£200M+), leading teams to achieve operational excellence and financial efficiency in mission-critical environments.
•	Gained first-hand leadership and management experience from: 1) combat operations, 2) training delivery, 3) real-time operations management, and 4) defence procurement.

Senior Officer, Pilot, and Qualified Helicopter Instructor

Business Leader & Strategic Advisor | Emerging Technology | Defence & Security | Private Equity & Corporate Finance

Seasoned financial professional, with over 20 years global experience, currently leading on M&A, private equity, and portfolio management - complemented with operational leadership experience across a broad range of sectors. 

Formerly, a senior Royal Air Force officer & pilot, I now serve as an advisor, executing high-value transactions; occasionally, providing interim operational oversight for active investments, across the US, Asia Pacific, and LatAm.

I specialise in structuring complex deals, building consensus among stakeholders, enhancing shareholder value, and driving operational efficiency (when required).

My expertise spans identifying high-potential opportunities, optimizing financial performance, and delivering measurable outcomes, underpinned by strategic insight and operational acumen.

Core Competencies: Deal Structuring | Portfolio Management | Operational Oversight | Relationship Management

Dan Collingridge-Padbury

Specialising in UK and UAE (ADGM, DIFC, Onshore) Crypto and FinTech regulation.

Senior Associate

Associate

UAE (ADGM, DIFC and Onshore) Crypto & Fintech regulation.

Associate (Dubai - On Secondment)

Specialising in Crypto and FinTech regulation.

Lawyer

Seat 1 - Real Estate
Seat 2 - FS Regulatory 
Seat 3 - Banking Litigation 
Seat 4 - Aon Secondment (FS Regulatory)

Trainee

Anglia Ruskin University

Advisor to the Board of the School of Law focusing on developing FinTech curriculum.

Board of Advisors - FinTech

Landau Forte Academy QEMS

Governor

Foundervine

Legal mentor and advisor to four FinTech’s as part of Barclays Black Founder Accelerator (partnership with CMS and Foundervine).

FinTech Advisor

Supported across the Retirement and Investments, Projects and Delegated Investment teams.

Legal Secondee

HSBC

US business lead for the Global Standards project pursuant to HSBC's Deferred Prosecution Agreement entered into with the Department of Justice. Covered North, Central and South America Private Bank and Wealth Management divisions.

Private Banking Global Standards Lead (North America)

Barclays

Corporate compliance summer analyst required to advise on compliance risk and enhance the bank's new product approval process.

Corporate Summer Analyst 

Morgan Stanley

Summer analyst rotating across the following teams: AML, Commodities, Company Sectary, Control Room, Disclosures, Equities Compliance, Equities Legal, Fixed Income Compliance, Fixed Income Legal, Investment Banking Compliance, Investment Banking Legal, and Surveillance.

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

Yasmin Johal is a Senior Associate at CMS specialising in UK and UAE Crypto and FinTech regulation sitting in the Financial Services Regulation team, recognised by Legal 500 as a “Key Lawyer for Fintech Regulatory”. She is also separately, a FinTech Advisor to numerous FinTechs and a board advisor helping develop FinTech curriculum in higher education. Yasmin provides specialist advice and helps shape developments in the FinTech and financial services industries internationally. She has worked within investment banking, corporate banking, private banking and fiduciary management teams across both the UK and US financial markets. She has also spent time in Dubai helping build the CMS FinTech and Regulatory practice in MENA. Yasmin currently co-leads the Regulation Working Group at CryptoUK, the UK’s leading trade association for digital and crypto assets.

Yasmin is a thought leader in the FinTech space and is a long-standing contributor to the Harrington Starr award-winning FinTech Magazine, WeAreTechWomen and WeAreTheCity publications, where she writes provoking and innovative thought leadership on the FinTech industry. She is a tech speaker, podcast host and an advocate for increasing female & BAME representation in fintech. She has authored industry thought leadership pieces on financial regulation, FinTech & innovation and D&I. 

Yasmin has received multiple awards and recognition for her work in FinTech and D&I, including:

1.	Key Lawyer 2024 to 2025 for FinTech Regulatory – Legal 500
2.	Women in FinTech Powerlist awarded 2023 - Innovate Finance 
3.	Rising Women in Crypto Powerlist 2022 – Wirex
4.	Women in FinTech Powerlist awarded 2022 - Innovate Finance 
5.	Highly Commended,  DE&I Champion 2021 - Harrington Starr’s FinTech Awards
6.	Standout 35 Star in the Women in FinTech Powerlist awarded 2021 - Innovate Finance
7.	#TechWomen100 2020 Award Winner - WeAreTechWomen

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