FinTech Legal
FinTech Guide 2025 : Norway
Band 1
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Provided by Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Simonsen Vogt Wiig's FinTech Practice
Simonsen Vogt Wiig’s strong cross-practice FinTech team, comprising two dedicated partners and several qualified lawyers, leverages on its deep roots in technology and financial services regulatory law, as well as intellectual property in order to provide comprehensive, integrated and credible FinTech legal services to a wide array of incumbents, traditional players, disruptors, collaborators and fledgling start-ups.
The firm's comprehensive FinTech legal services are a particular draw for payments and cryptocurrency clients, both particularly 'hot' areas of FinTech in Norway and Scandinavia. This includes regulatory advice relating to payment services, lending activity, crowdfunding/crowdlending, card schemes, issuance of cryptocurrency/ICOs, technological infrastructure, operational systems, consumer protection, data privacy, cyber risk, intellectual property and general contractual negotiations.
Chambers Review
Simonsen is a highly respected firm in Norway with significant expertise in payments law. The firm acts for large banks and start-ups on corporate matters, regulatory compliance, data privacy and cryptocurrency issues. It has further capability in intellectual property and crowdfunding.
Work Highlights
- Simonsen Vogt Wiig advised Klarna on payments services regulation matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simonsen Vogt Wiig have interdisciplinary interests, knowledge and understanding of the industry."
"Simonsen Vogt Wiig has a particular competence in financial regulatory law, combined with a truly impressive grasp on EU/EEA legal matters. Its knowledge of FinTech and EU law is indispensable."
"Simonsen Vogt Wiig are really good in the payments sector and in technology."
"Simonsen Vogt Wiig have interdisciplinary interests, knowledge and understanding of the industry."
"Simonsen Vogt Wiig has a particular competence in financial regulatory law, combined with a truly impressive grasp on EU/EEA legal matters. Its knowledge of FinTech and EU law is indispensable."
"Simonsen Vogt Wiig are really good in the payments sector and in technology."
Notable Practitioners
Espen Tøndel has a wealth of experience in negotiating large procurement transactions in the technology sector. Tøndel also has significant expertise in mobile payments, and acts for established players and start-ups entering the Norwegian market.
"Espen is brilliant, with unmatched commercial awareness."
Morten Wilhelm Winther is widely recognised for his expertise in financial regulatory law. He has extensive experience advising clients on the regulatory implications of PSD2, as well as issues surrounding virtual currencies and tokenisation.
"Morten has an impressive ability to understand complex legal matters instantly, and provides good counsel with great commercial solutions."
"Morten is a very knowledgeable guy."
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