We are excited by innovation and committed to ensuring that our FinTech clients develop sustainable businesses that are legally fit for the future.
We have one of the largest and most experienced FinTech-focused global legal teams, covering payments, consumer finance, transaction banking, investment management, marketplaces, exchanges, cryptoassets, sustainable banking, ESG finance and blockchain technologies.
Our team will help you understand, anticipate and distill the web of regulation in this area to ensure your business has all the tools it needs to succeed. We have been advising FinTechs on the ever-changing landscape since the launch of Zopa (the world’s first P2P lender) in 2004, and have advised many FinTechs at all stages of their growth cycle.
Our breadth of experience at a glance
As FinTech continues to revolutionize traditional financial institutions, our lawyers and consultants offer a fully integrated and holistic approach.
Corporate and M&A
Financial Services Regulatory
Financial Services Regulatory Consulting
Intellectual Property
Privacy and Cybersecurity
ESG
Representative experience
Goldman Sachs on numerous investments in emerging growth companies in the UK and throughout Europe, including its recent investments in Starling Bank, Nutmeg, Trussle, Bud, Younited, ComplyAdvantage, and Salary Finance.
An India-based FinTech on its proposed MTF application in the UK to provide a primary and secondary market for the private placement of shares to institutional and accredited investors.
Advising a FinTech client on regulatory issues relating to the establishment of a decentralised (DeFi) cryptocurrency staking service.
Grasshopper Bancorp, Inc in connection with regulatory matters structuring its “banking-as-a-service” digital platform.
Santander InnoVentures on a €35m financing round for German Fintech company CrossLend as the lead investor.
Her Majesty’s Treasury in the UK Government on the Stablecoin and Cryptoassets Consultation.
A new retail digital bank on oversight of drafting all processes, procedures and controls and operational lead for a program.
Epay on the protection of their digital payment technology.
Strategic partnerships
We are also strategic partners with several financial services and FinTech industry bodies, including Global Digital Finance and Innovate Finance, who we work with to keep abreast of and, where necessary, influence relevant legal and regulatory developments.
Latest thinking and events
News
The Influencers Podcast: Digital Assets and the Road to Mass Adoption in Financial Services
23 October 2024
