FinTech Legal - Canada
What the team is known for
Baker McKenzie has expertise in a wide range of FinTech areas, including crypto-asset disputes, digital payments, decentralised autonomous organisations and other decentralised finance structures, and artificial intelligence. The firm also advises on institutional investment into FinTech companies.
Strengths
"Baker McKenzie are very commercial in their approach and they have a wide range of experts."
"Baker McKenzie are very prompt at answering questions in a timely manner. Their responses are very qualified and intelligent."
Work highlights
Baker McKenzie advised cryptocurrency exchange Nexo Capital on its exit from the Canadian market in response to market developments related to securities enforcement in Canada and the USA.
Notable practitioners
Usman Sheikh is one of the leading lawyers in blockchain and cryptocurrency matters in Canada, with both clients and peers recognising his status as a market leader. He has recently joined Baker McKenzie and has taken over as head of its FinTech group. "Usman Sheikh has a huge depth of knowledge. He is incredibly qualified." "Usman has impressed with his industry knowledge, and he knows the ins and outs of regulatory impacts on the market."