We provide strategic legal solutions necessary for fintech clients to keep up with constantly evolving platforms, technologies and services in this space. We work closely with FinTech companies to help them negotiate the journey all the way from start-up through to eventual exit. We also work with the companies that serve the FinTech sector such as platform providers and advise on the regulatory implications of adopting specific disruptive technologies. We provide depth and breadth of experience advising businesses across the spectrum of the fintech industry.

We advise on intellectual property issues that arise in financial technology transactions and companies. We provide the full range of legal services relating to the acquisition, enforcement and commercialization of IP assets. We frequently advise fintech clients on outsourcing transactions and technology and IP licensing matters.

We represents fintech clients in complex corporate transactions, and we resolve some of the most difficult exit-related structuring issues. The firm advises on regulatory, compliance and enforcement issues that fintech companies must address when engaging in financial transactions. The myriad regulatory issues that companies face may involve specific state and federal regulations governing banking and trust operations and relationships, anti-money laundering and foreign asset controls, holding companies, trading and market regulation, taxation and consumer protections.

We advise on the full spectrum of financing transactions and complex financial products, from traditional equity and debt capital markets transactions to derivatives and structured finance matters. Our group provides guidance on all phases of the investment life cycle, from pre-IPO financings to virtually any type of venture capital, IPO, M&A or other liquidity strategies. We also negotiate all critical provisions related to financing documentation, including those related to governance, registration rights and other areas and ensuring that no provision attracts unnecessary regulatory scrutiny. We advise government departments, multi-nationals, owner-managed businesses and start-ups on a wide range of data protection and privacy matters including data protection breaches and complaints, subjects access requests, freedom of information law, and data protection policies and procedures.

We serve both established and emerging participants in this space, providing transactional, regulatory and strategic advice to private equity and venture capital firms, asset managers and funds, broker-dealers, banking institutions, start-up companies, lending platforms, payment companies, trading systems, technology companies, financial services providers, virtual currency companies, and card issuers and networks.

We have considerable experience in helping business, from various sectors to plan and account for a wide range of potential data protection issues, including:

• Data Policies – helping companies to develop robust standards of practice in terms of data protection.

• Regulatory compliance – ensuring companies are aware of the latest laws and are ready to demonstrate their compliance.

• Subject access request – putting measures in place for business to respond when individuals request access to their personal data.

• Crisis management – assist companies in responding effectively and when a data breach or security issue arise.

• Support for data protection officers – providing legal support for clients in house data protection teams.

• Data protection training – helping business to train their staff on essential data protection requirement.