Fintech & Digital Assets

Fintech and digital assets are transforming financial services, reshaping market infrastructure and creating new ways for capital, data and value to move. We advise clients at every stage of that change, from emerging ventures and freshly minted unicorns to global tech giants and established financial institutions. Our multidisciplinary team, which includes former senior regulators, bankers and digital asset executives, combines deep regulatory, transactional, disputes and operational experience. We help clients launch products, scale across markets, execute strategic transactions and respond to regulatory scrutiny with confidence.

Our offering

Building and scaling fintech platforms

We advise on the full spectrum of technology-driven financial services, helping clients bring ambitious products to market and scale them across jurisdictions. Our work spans licensing, product development, payments innovation, embedded finance, open banking, digital identity, regtech and the commercial and regulatory issues arising from new technology deployment. We help clients structure resilient operating models that turn innovation into long-term global growth.

Advising across products and platforms

We support clients across the digital asset ecosystem, on matters from tokenization projects and blockchain infrastructure to custody arrangements and digital securities offerings. Our team helps design compliant products, navigate emerging supervisory expectations and integrate digital assets into traditional financial services.

We advise on the full range of fintech and digital asset products and platforms:

• AI and machine learning-driven technology
• Blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital asset platforms
• Digital banking
• Digital insurance
• Digital and mobile wallets
• E-commerce platforms
• Payment gateways
• Alternative lending

Driving exceptional outcomes

We help clients accomplish growth transactions, build strategic partnerships, and manage the regulatory and disputes issues that can determine whether innovation succeeds. Clients benefit from joined-up advice that helps them move quickly and meet supervisory expectations.

Our experience spans:

• Advertising and marketing compliance
• Anti-money laundering
• Competition and disputes
• Consumer financial services
• Data, privacy and cybersecurity
• IPOs, offerings and exits
• M&A, divestments, joint ventures, outsourcing and other alliances
• Regulatory compliance and advisory, including regtech
• Vendor risk management

Our advice helps clients bridge emerging technologies and established financial markets while managing constantly evolving legal, regulatory and operational risk.