Westminster & Partners / Firm & People
Westminster & Partners is a London-based legal boutique focused on financial services regulation, corporate transactions, finance, commercial contracts, and technology, data and AI.
We work with financial businesses, investors and growing companies on decisions that affect how they operate, how they are owned and how they develop. Our approach is to understand the commercial objective, define the legal work and communicate the choices clearly.
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The founder leads each matter, with clear support responsibilities for client coordination, document workflows and transaction logistics.
Founder
Muklesur Bharuya was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2021. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2022, he brings a cross-border legal perspective. A former public prosecutor, he contracted as a lawyer at Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May. He guest-lectures at The City Law School and serves on CISI’s FinTech and Risk committees. A published author, he contributes to FT Adviser, a Financial Times publication.
Operations Lead | Principal Support
Stacy coordinates client onboarding, document workflows and follow-through, keeping responsibilities clear. Based in New York, she brings executive-operations and client-service experience from SPS and Williams Lea. She works with Muklesur to keep communications, deadlines and handovers organised.
Legal & Transaction Operations Coordinator
Richard coordinates document control, review timetables and signing logistics for legal matters. His experience spans legal operations at Howard Kennedy and programme coordination at the Law Society. He keeps records and deadlines organised; the responsible professional makes substantive legal decisions.
Research & Diligence Support
Natalia prepares source-linked company briefs, document indexes and trackers for outstanding diligence information. Based in New York, she brings investment-administration experience from IQ-EQ and Alter Domus. Her concise reports and traceable records help advisers review information across teams.
Professional Events & Partnerships
Anastasia coordinates professional events, partner communications and follow-up from New York. Her experience includes community programmes at the New York Academy of Sciences, NYCEDC and 92NY. She prepares speaker briefings and schedules, helping speakers, participants and partner organisations stay connected.
Muklesur’s background includes work connected with the Crown Prosecution Service. He worked at Slaughter and May on a contracting basis from August to November 2022. City’s alumni network later profiled his involvement in its Launch Lab entrepreneurial community and his move towards technology-facing work. That history provides context for his interests today; the practice’s present focus is advisory and transactional, not court representation.
He writes on the intersection of finance and technology, including contributions to FT Adviser. His involvement in AI Founders Connect adds a continuing connection to founders, investors and emerging technology businesses. That community work remains separate from the firm’s legal services.
Areas of focus: Commercial and technology agreements; financial regulation; founder and growing-business support.
Team enquiry: Discuss a matter through the firm's Contact page.
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Every matter starts with its objective and scope. We identify the responsible adviser, the work to be undertaken and the fee basis. Where a transaction needs additional specialist advice, we identify that requirement rather than presenting every discipline as an in-house service.
Our focus is advisory and transactional work. We do not conduct litigation or provide court representation.
Two FT Adviser contributions are linked below, separately from professional participation and wider-community connections.
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Smart-Contract: The Rise of Decentralised Finance — Muklesur Bharuya. City’s April 2023 profile records publication in November 2022.
City’s alumni profile offers an introduction to Muklesur’s entrepreneurial journey and Launch Lab podcast work. Read the City profile.
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Westminster & Partners sponsors AI Founders Connect, an organisation convening AI founders, investors and industry participants. Its programme brings together founder presentations, investor discussions and networking, creating opportunities to exchange perspectives on emerging businesses and technologies. These community activities sit alongside, and are distinct from, the firm’s legal practice. Details of the initiative and participation opportunities are available directly through its own website.
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Westminster & Partners operates through Alderwick & Co. LLC, a limited liability company formed in New York, United States. New York Department of State ID: 8027460.
We maintain London contact details and a New York correspondence address. See Contact for full details; the scope of advice is agreed before an engagement.
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We first consider the nature of the matter, conflicts and our ability to act. If the matter is suitable, we agree the scope, responsibilities and engagement terms before work begins. Fees are discussed in the context of the work required and any assumptions or dependencies.