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Overview

The financial services industry is undergoing significant digital transformation. Constant innovation to meet rapidly changing customer demand has its challenges, but it also presents considerable opportunities. Our international cross-practice team has significant experience in the FinTech law space and has a spectrum of solutions to support your next enterprise.

Our FinTech lawyers operate at the forefront of this evolving business landscape, helping companies - customers and service providers - understand and navigate the complex regulatory and operational challenges. Our team offers creative legal solutions paired with deep market knowledge, working with you to understand what you really need.

What is FinTech?

FinTech is financial technology or technology used specifically within the financial services sector. It can also describe businesses that provide financial services through technology or are technology providers to the financial services players, such as software, cloud services and mobile technology. Many products are designed to provide consumers with ease of use but FinTech also includes technologies for businesses as well.

We know that your business objectives will not stop at the border so neither do we. Our team operates internationally, spending significant time in both New York and Silicon Valley. We have deep experience advising companies of all sizes, whether financial institutions or technology providers. We also have experience in mentoring FinTech companies at accelerators and within shared workspaces like the FinTech Innovation Lab.

FinTech legal services

  • Anti-money laundering
  • Banking & Finance
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Crypto disputes
  • Data protection and cyber security
  • Employment
  • Financial Services Regulation
  • Fraud detection and deterrence
  • Intellectual property
  • M&A
  • Pensions
  • Platform structuring
  • Scale ups
  • Securities Regulation
  • Start ups
  • Supply chain
  • Tax

Meet our international team

With offices in major jurisdictions across the world, our core teams in Canada and the UK offer comprehensive global legal advice across the FinTech space. For more information on how we can help you, contact our teams.

The financial services industry is undergoing significant digital transformation. Constant innovation to meet rapidly changing customer demand has its challenges, but it also presents considerable opportunities. Our international cross-practice team has significant experience in the FinTech law space and has a spectrum of solutions to support your next enterprise.

Our FinTech lawyers operate at the forefront of this evolving business landscape, helping companies - customers and service providers - understand and navigate the complex regulatory and operational challenges. Our team offers creative legal solutions paired with deep market knowledge, working with you to understand what you really need.

What is FinTech?

FinTech is financial technology or technology used specifically within the financial services sector. It can also describe businesses that provide financial services through technology or are technology providers to the financial services players, such as software, cloud services and mobile technology. Many products are designed to provide consumers with ease of use but FinTech also includes technologies for businesses as well.

We know that your business objectives will not stop at the border so neither do we. Our team operates internationally, spending significant time in both New York and Silicon Valley. We have deep experience advising companies of all sizes, whether financial institutions or technology providers. We also have experience in mentoring FinTech companies at accelerators and within shared workspaces like the FinTech Innovation Lab.

FinTech legal services

  • Anti-money laundering
  • Banking & Finance
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Crypto disputes
  • Data protection and cyber security
  • Employment
  • Financial Services Regulation
  • Fraud detection and deterrence
  • Intellectual property
  • M&A
  • Pensions
  • Platform structuring
  • Scale ups
  • Securities Regulation
  • Start ups
  • Supply chain
  • Tax

Meet our international team

With offices in major jurisdictions across the world, our core teams in Canada and the UK offer comprehensive global legal advice across the FinTech space. For more information on how we can help you, contact our teams.

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.

Key contacts

Parna Sabet-Stephenson

Parna Sabet-Stephenson

Partner

Leader of Financial Services & Technology (FSxT)

Toronto
David Brennan

David E Brennan

Partner

Co-Chair of Global Tech

London
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