FinTech

Our team has been immersed in the fintech ecosystem since 2014 – a lifetime by the standards of this rapidly-evolving sector. We have extensive knowledge of the sector and an established network allowing us to support our clients beyond the realms of traditional legal advice.

We help our client address a wide range of legal challenges across a broad range of verticals including digital banking, crowdfunding, crypto assets, online lending, payments, distributed ledger technology, robo-advice, insurtech and regtech. We advise start-up and scale-up businesses on regulation, tax, employment, incentives, IP, structuring, corporate governance and investment – supporting many towards unicorn status. For our global institutional clients, we advise on areas such as product development, commercial agreements, partnerships, investments and M&A. We also advise clients who are partnering with, or investing in, fintech firms and financial institutions when developing their own fintech solutions.

Our understanding of the base technology underpinning fintech solutions combined with our knowledge of financial regulation sets us apart. It means our clients, regulators, and policy makers want to work closely with us. For example, we were the only law firm invited to join the Bank of England’s fintech community. We also have lawyers on the ground in key fintech hubs, including Hong Kong, Singapore, the UAE and the UK.

Our clients include some of the highest profile names in the sector such as Ant Financial, Monzo and Funding Circle, as well as the world’s largest financial institutions. And our team’s international so we often work on high value, complex cross border deals.