Biography

Sebastien Petsas is a Managing Director in Kroll’s Financial Services Compliance and Regulation practice, with over 14 years of experience at the firm. Based in London, Sebastien’s work is global in nature with a significant number of projects involving multiple regulatory jurisdictions across the UK, EU, APAC, Caribbean and wider financial services centres.  

Sebastien offers regulatory consulting advice across a wide range of topics and firm types. He specializes in leading regulatory commissioned reviews and investigations, where regulatory authorities require an independent expert to assess the general standing of firms under review.

Over the past decade, Sebastien has played a significant role in M&A projects, leading global regulatory due diligence engagements on over 50 transactions within the financial services sector. These transactions include global fund administrators, trust and corporate service providers, wealth management firms, credit providers, payment services, and more. His deep understanding of technical regulatory matters and ability to translate these into potential commercial impacts for buyers, sellers, financing parties, and insurers has established him as a trusted advisor to his clients and their Boards.

Sebastien holds a Law LLB, Legal Practice Course, MSc in Finance and Financial Law, and CISI Diploma in Regulation and Compliance.