Chambers Review

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FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies - UK-wide

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Bird & Bird is well known for its leading technology and intellectual property practices, and is also able to advise on financial regulatory matters. The firm's FinTech work includes a broad range of payments and crowdfunding mandates.

Work Highlights

  • Bird & Bird advises payments infrastructure provider NOAH on various matters including B2B customer agreements around crypto asset related services, AML and sanctions compliance, and technology integration contracts.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Gavin Punia
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Band 1

Gavin Punia advises clients on financial services regulatory matters. He regularly assists organisations involved in payment processing and e-money operations.

Gavin is a true expert in UK payments regulation and always delivers quality work.

Gavin has excellent technical skills, is very business aware and always adopts a collaborative approach. He has strong expertise in the payments regulatory and tech sectors.

Gavin Punia has a strong grasp of financial services regulations and how they apply to businesses in the blockchain and crypto space. He has a good understanding of both technology and industry.

Gavin is super knowledgeable, and always open to having conversations on more strategic issues.

Gavin is excellent. You can tell he's knowledgeable because he can usually give you an answer to questions on the spot.

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Jonathan Emmanuel
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Band 2

Jonathan Emmanuel is co-head of Bird & Bird's financial services group. He advises on the use of new technologies, including blockchain, and his clients include customers and suppliers.

He is super knowledgeable and experienced in all things tech contracting.

Jonathan Emmanuel provides very practical and commercially focused advice. He is able to distill complex issues and hold the businesses' hand when accepting risk positions.

Jonathan Emmanuel provides an excellent service, is very knowledgeable and collaborative. He has strong contract drafting and negotiation skills and is a true specialist in the payments arena.

Jonathan Emmanuel leads up the FinTech team and is brilliant. He has deep industry knowledge and commercial acumen.

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Trystan Tether
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Band 2

Trystan Tether is an experienced member of Bird & Bird's international finance and financial regulation group. He advises on payments and digital banking matters.

He is very good technically on regulatory issues.

Trystan Tether is very knowledgeable, very technical and makes a good team player.

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UK-wide

FinTech Legal

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Jonathan Emmanuel
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Band 2
FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

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Jonathan Emmanuel
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Band 3
FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending

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Gavin Punia
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Band 1
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Trystan Tether
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Band 2