Specialist fintech lawyers
We understand fintech. We know the legal needs of fintech businesses. When you work with us, you will receive specialist advice that is based on your needs and objectives, underpinned by our experience and knowledge of the issues facing the fintech industry. Our advice comes from a team of lawyers who are aligned and consider the whole picture.
We get that many people have a vision, and we aim to give life to that vision. We gain satisfaction in forming long term relationships and helping businesses to grow.
Having worked in the sector for years, our multi-disciplinary team are recognised experts in advising on all legal aspects and at all stages of the lifecycle of fintech businesses.
Our experience means that we understand the range of issues that arise when developing or executing your business strategy. We also understand the practical challenges of using financial technology. You can be sure that we will always consider how our advice today may impact your business tomorrow.
What makes us stand out is that we have the strength in depth to advise businesses across all the fintech verticals. From innovative investment and wealth management platforms to crypto asset wallet providers, and from technology platforms to payments infrastructure – we do it all. This complete view of the sector helps us to consider all the angles of any legal challenge you are facing.
How we can help you
- Corporate
- Seed investment, subsequent fund raisings, share issues
- Corporate documentation, shareholder agreements and company administration
- M&A transactions, including dude diligence and contract negotiations
- Longterm strategy, including exit and succession planning
- Regulatory
- Advising on all aspects of the regulatory implications of your activities
- Advising senior management on your regulatory responsibilities
- Supporting with regulatory authorisations and regulatory transactions
- Drafting legal documents for outsourcings, partnerships and customer-facing terms
- Commercial
- Data-related advice – data protection and how best to utilise data
- Putting in place intellectual property protection
- Advising on digital regulation
- Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements
- Employment
- Advising on employment contracts
- Establishing incentive plans, including the offering of share options
- Working with you on procedures for joiners and leavers
- Supporting on employment disputes
- Tax
- Advising on all aspects of business structuring
- Providing transactional tax advice
- Supporting in international tax efficiency analysis
- Financial services disputes
- Supporting on commercial disputes
- Representing you through any regulatory investigations or enforcement processes
- Supporting you in responding to customer claims
- Conducting internal investigations as in independent third party
Who we work with
We handle the full spectrum of work for major financial institutions as well as established and emerging fintech companies. This includes start-ups, growth businesses, fintech unicorns, challenger banks, large corporates and institutions, lenders, investors and industry bodies and regulators.
Our clients include:
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Advice for all stages of the fintech lifecycle
Explore the developments and issues that will affect the financial services sector in 2025 and beyond.
Our recent work highlights
Written in German and English, our lawyers highlight the key issues impacting fintechs in Europe across the full spectrum of fintech-related issues.
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