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Overview

As the financial services landscape changes, new players and new relationships will continue to transform the industry. Companies need a legal partner with the vision, creativity and knowledge to bridge gaps between the innovative and the traditional.

Both the technology and the laws governing it are highly complex, requiring sophisticated legal and technical insight and a deep understanding of the ever-evolving regulatory space and technology advances.

Our multi-disciplinary team combines experience in digital banking, mobile wallets, payment services, open banking, banking-as-a-service, peer-to-peer lending, equity crowdfunding / online investment platforms, payment apps, robo-advisers and e-commerce, with excellence across a full suite of legal disciplines. Our team has deep experience in assisting players in the financial services sector negotiate a myriad of agreements, including collaboration agreements between financial institutions and FinTech companies.

As the financial services landscape changes, new players and new relationships will continue to transform the industry. Companies need a legal partner with the vision, creativity and knowledge to bridge gaps between the innovative and the traditional.

Both the technology and the laws governing it are highly complex, requiring sophisticated legal and technical insight and a deep understanding of the ever-evolving regulatory space and technology advances.

Our multi-disciplinary team combines experience in digital banking, mobile wallets, payment services, open banking, banking-as-a-service, peer-to-peer lending, equity crowdfunding / online investment platforms, payment apps, robo-advisers and e-commerce, with excellence across a full suite of legal disciplines. Our team has deep experience in assisting players in the financial services sector negotiate a myriad of agreements, including collaboration agreements between financial institutions and FinTech companies.

Key areas in Fintech law

Blockchain and crypto assets

Blockchain technology is transforming the way we do business, creating significant opportunities for innovation while posing complex regulatory hurdles. Our team regularly advises digital and custodian wallet providers, crypto custodians, crypto asset trading platforms (often referred to as cryptocurrency exchanges), investment funds seeking to invest in crypto assets, as well as securities regulators and high-level government officials.

Blockchain and crypto assets

Blockchain technology is transforming the way we do business, creating significant opportunities for innovation while posing complex regulatory hurdles. Our team regularly advises digital and custodian wallet providers, crypto custodians, crypto asset trading platforms (often referred to as cryptocurrency exchanges), investment funds seeking to invest in crypto assets, as well as securities regulators and high-level government officials.

InsurTech

InsurTech

We advise insurers and service providers in all aspects of InsurTech – the use of technology in insurance-related processes and transactions. We combine a broad understanding of the underlying technology with an in-depth knowledge of the regulatory frameworks to provide full-service legal advice.

Client highlights

Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - Flamingo

Flamingo Investments Inc.

Flamingo Investments Inc.

Counsel to Flahmingo Investments Inc., a Calgary-based FinTech startup, with respect to its oversubscribed pre-seed funding round which raised $1.88 million.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - Avalara

Avalara, Inc.

Avalara, Inc.

Counsel to leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, with respect to its cross-border acquisition of 3CE Technologies, Inc.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - BTL Group

BTL Group Ltd

BTL Group Ltd

Counsel in the closing of a qualifying transaction in which it became a "Tier 2" issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX V:BTL), making it the world's first public blockchain company.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - CoinSquare

Coinsquare

Coinsquare

Counsel to Coinsquare in relation to Mogo's strategic investment (19.99% / $56.4M) into the company.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - Flamingo

Flamingo Investments Inc.

Flamingo Investments Inc.

Counsel to Flahmingo Investments Inc., a Calgary-based FinTech startup, with respect to its oversubscribed pre-seed funding round which raised $1.88 million.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - Avalara

Avalara, Inc.

Avalara, Inc.

Counsel to leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, with respect to its cross-border acquisition of 3CE Technologies, Inc.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - BTL Group

BTL Group Ltd

BTL Group Ltd

Counsel in the closing of a qualifying transaction in which it became a "Tier 2" issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX V:BTL), making it the world's first public blockchain company.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - CoinSquare

Coinsquare

Coinsquare

Counsel to Coinsquare in relation to Mogo's strategic investment (19.99% / $56.4M) into the company.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - Flamingo

Flamingo Investments Inc.

Flamingo Investments Inc.

Counsel to Flahmingo Investments Inc., a Calgary-based FinTech startup, with respect to its oversubscribed pre-seed funding round which raised $1.88 million.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - Avalara

Avalara, Inc.

Avalara, Inc.

Counsel to leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, with respect to its cross-border acquisition of 3CE Technologies, Inc.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - BTL Group

BTL Group Ltd

BTL Group Ltd

Counsel in the closing of a qualifying transaction in which it became a "Tier 2" issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX V:BTL), making it the world's first public blockchain company.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - CoinSquare

Coinsquare

Coinsquare

Counsel to Coinsquare in relation to Mogo's strategic investment (19.99% / $56.4M) into the company.
Banking and Finance - FinTech Law - Client Work - Flamingo

Flamingo Investments Inc.

Flamingo Investments Inc.

Counsel to Flahmingo Investments Inc., a Calgary-based FinTech startup, with respect to its oversubscribed pre-seed funding round which raised $1.88 million.

Recognition

"They are the best at what they do; they understand the law at the highest level. They have good subject matter expertise and are able to understand my tech and protect it well, no matter the area."

Chambers FinTech

Our team has been recognised by Chambers FinTech and the Canadian FinTech & AI Awards for its work as a leading FinTech law firm, particularly in the area of blockchain and smart contracts.

We are the only international law firm to be a founding partner of the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI).

Key contacts

Parna Sabet-Stephenson

Parna Sabet-Stephenson

Partner

Leader of Financial Services & Technology (FSxT)

Toronto
Viona Duncan

Viona M. Duncan

Partner

Waterloo Region
Naïm Alexandre Antaki

Naïm Alexandre Antaki

Partner

Co-leader of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Group | Leader of the Corporate Commercial Department - Montréal

Montréal
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Blockchain & Smart ContractsFinancial Services RegulationInsurtech

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Financial Institutions & ServicesTech

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