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Financial Services: Payments Law - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Alston & Bird has a growing payments and fintech team in London. The team works with leading banks and payment providers on regulatory issues.
Financial Services: Payments Law
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Financial Services: Payments Law
Work Highlights
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Alston & Bird advised Global Payments on establishing a new-entity joint venture partnership with Commerzbank to offer digital payment solutions to SME customers in Germany.
Strengths
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They maintain a high bar for responsiveness and provide the services we need in a timely and professional manner.
Quite simply, they are an exceptional team of payments and financial services lawyers who internalise their subject matter to such a degree that their guidance is second nature for them.
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The attorneys we work with are incredibly responsive, collaborative and communicative. No matter how large or small a project is, I feel like we are given full attention and care.
They have deep payments knowledge - absolutely the best knowledge of payments I have found.
They maintain a high bar for responsiveness and provide the services we need in a timely and professional manner.
Quite simply, they are an exceptional team of payments and financial services lawyers who internalise their subject matter to such a degree that their guidance is second nature for them.
The attorneys we work with are incredibly responsive, collaborative and communicative. No matter how large or small a project is, I feel like we are given full attention and care.
They have deep payments knowledge - absolutely the best knowledge of payments I have found.
Notable Practitioners
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Gupinder Assi
Gupinder Assi has a highly regarded payments practice, representing clients including payment companies and banks in card scheme rules and other electronic payment matters, among other issues.
Gupinder is very responsive, professional and gives business-oriented advice. He is nice to talk to, very knowledgeable in the field and confident in his advice.
Gupinder is excellent. He is committed to his clients, extremely responsive and provides the right guidance. He’ll accept challenging projects and work them through with great integrity and judgement.
Gupinder is a go-to lawyer in the UK for payments and financial services advice. He is knowledgeable and is able to break down complex issues in a manageable way.
Jonathan Garforth
Jonathan Garforth's payments practice sees him representing traditional and non-traditional financial service companies on digital payments and consumer finance.
Jonathan is a pleasure to work with.
Jonathan is fantastic to work with. He is a subject matter expert who inspires confidence in his expertise, work product and advice. His responsiveness, professionalism and expertise are unmatched.
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