SECTOR

Fintech

Overview

Our experts can provide full-service legal assistance across the FinTech sector. We provide advice in relation to banking and finance, insurance, private equity and fundraising matters, as well as intellectual property protection, regulation and governance. We are also experienced in advising regulated businesses in relation to technology and data collection, use and monetisation.

Working closely with our Start-ups team (link), we offer clients tailored guidance on how to set up and grow their businesses and attract funds, while ensuring founder protection and avoiding over-dilution of equity.

Key Contact

Andrew McGlashan, Partner, smiling in a formal headshot

Work highlights

  • Representing leading secure payments acceptance and personal authentication solutions company MYPINPAD in its £13 million investment by Crossfin Holdings.
  • Representing leading secure payments acceptance and personal authentication solutions company MYPINPAD in its merger with Singapore-based SmartPesa, a leading provider of payments and agency banking solutions.
  • Advised MYPINPAD on a contract to strengthen Mypinpad’s strategic partnership with MobiIoT, integrating Mypinpad’s SoftPOS payment solution into MobiIoT’s Android devices.

What our clients say

As a longstanding adviser to MYPINPAD since its incorporation in 2012, Jon is our lead adviser and has guided us through a number of multi-million-pound funding rounds and strategic international transactions. He understands our business and is always present, focused, and responsive with a pragmatic, commercial and risk-based approach to negotiations. From its base in Cardiff, MYPINPAD is now a global leader in secure payments and Jon’s advice has played a key role in our development.

Awards

The Fintech Team is ranked Tier 2 in the Legal 500 

The Fintech Team is ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners

Core services for businesses

  • Perimeter rules and regulatory issues
  • Product development, distribution and marketing
  • Innovative technologies – crypto assets/blockchain
  • crowdfunding, e-/m-banking and digital wallets
  • Insurtech
  • Regtech
  • Payment platforms
  • AI, machine learning and automation
  • infrastructure, cloud, procurement and cyber security

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