FinTech Guide 2026 : UK-wide
Ranked Individuals
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Ashurst advises global financial institutions and FinTech startup businesses. The firm brings a multidisciplinary approach to the sector and also runs its FinTech Legal Labs accelerator scheme, which is designed to bring together FinTech businesses, investors and other market participants.
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Ashurst advised HSBC on 'Project Cormorant'; the issuance of HKD1 billion digitally native notes on the HSBC Orion platform.
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Ashurst takes a very pragmatic approach and is always able to proactively offer solutions that facilitate wider commercial goals, whilst maintaining a key focus on regulatory risk management.
They are very strong technically but also plugged-in on what's going on in the market and the commercial dimension. They are able to add value, in addition to be being very responsive and proactive.
Ashurst is responsive and innovative, particularly when it comes to handling nascent topics like the application of financial services laws and regulations on the use of DLT/blockchain.
Ashurst really understands the tech that is being used and how that impacts both the regulatory as well as contractual decisions.
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Etay Katz is head of Ashurst's digital assets team. His FinTech work includes advising major financial institutions on the use of distributed ledger technology and digital assets.
Etay Katz is a digital assets expert and has unrivalled experience, counting as clients many of the premier bank-led DLT platforms for digital issuances.
He can either answer questions on the spot, or he can find the answer for you in the most efficient way. He is just very commercial and is able put himself in our shoes to navigate the landscape.
Etay Katz is really academic, super responsive and thorough. He has a very strategic approach to matters and is collaborative too.
Etay is very, very good at seeing the bigger picture and really coordinating across a number of different stakeholders within the business and client.
Bradley Rice advises established market participants, as well as startups, on financial regulatory matters. He works on a broad range of FinTech mandates, including crowdfunding, open banking and crypto-asset issues, and has particular expertise in the crossover of blockchain technology with traditional finance.
Bradley gets to know the clients objective and perspective, and is then able to provide the appropriate opinion.
On the regulatory side, he is excellent because he is always plugged in on latest developments. He is good at looking beyond the current situation with a great read on the market.
David Futter works on a range of FinTech matters and is particularly experienced in handling procurement mandates and collaborations involving FinTech businesses and the use of new technologies.
David Futter is super thorough, diligent and available at short notice too. He is flexible and very straightforward to deal with.
He is good to deal with and is working on interesting projects in the market.
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