Flexible "in-house" legal support for FinTechs.
FinTech environment:
- FinTech entities are usually young, relatively small but incredibly innovative, nimble and dynamic.
- The market is regulated with well established 'legacy' incumbents continuing to dominate.
- To succeed the FinTechs need to carefully conserve and apply scarce capital wisely.
Our lawyers provide:
- Experience in the requirements and dynamics of FinTechs and related law.
- Appetite to work hard to achieve FinTechs' commercial ambitions.
- A calm guiding hand when things do not go to plan.
Why us?
We have experience working both for and with Fintechs but also, importantly, for and with incumbents.
As a flexible resource with many successful in-house placements under our belt we can offer as much or as little support as your circumstances require.
We understand and appreciate the working capital constraints faced my most Fintechs and our pricing model reflects this fact.
Expertise
Areas of expertise.
Cryptocurrency
To fulfill its requirements of both a store of value and unit of account, cryptocurrencies need to be trusted.
Working with one of the world's most reputable cryptocurrency compliance companies we assisted with the negotiation and finalisation of many complex SAAS contracts supporting major banks and police investigation bureaus in their need for auditable transaction flows.
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Regulatory
Although Fintechs per se are not regulated, the marketplace they operate in is. The FCA has commented that it sees Fintechs as an area of extreme growth. In view of this it is certainly prudent to view Fintechs operations and product development through the lens of regulation.
Having worked extensively with regulated incumbents, we are confident we can assist navigate the regulatory maze.
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Payments
Crypto and digital currencies are already beginning to offer new payment methods as well as new payments infrastructure. Developments in this area include account-to-account transfers, embedded payments and "pay by bank" facilitated largely by open banking. This is further reinforced by the changes being made to the payments infrastructure enabling Fintechs to securely store, manage and leverage consumer and merchant data.
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