Chambers Review
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FinTech Legal - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Burness Paull advises leading financial institutions and growing FinTech companies on market-leading technology, payments and data projects. The firm is one of the largest and most experienced independent Scottish firms and is engaged in complex FinTech mandates.
Strengths
They are pragmatic and can understand the operational implications entwined with the legal advice. They are good at taking things away from the abstract and into the deliverables to be compliant.
They are very open, transparent and collaborative. They put in a lot of preparatory work to ensure projects achieve the best results. They are also great on correspondence and expectation management.
Burness Paul is an excellent firm. They are certainly knowledgeable in FinTech and financial services, and also nicely connected across the ecosystem in Scotland.
Burness Paull has been very responsive and very clear in its advice for various aspects of regulatory needs. Lawyers turn around matters very fast and provide a very collegial and holistic approach.
Work Highlights
Burness Paull advised financial data company FE Fundinfo on various FinTech regulatory matters as part of its purchase of financial content platforms, and related data sharing arrangements.
Notable practitioners
Caroline Stevenson is a key contact at Burness Paull for FinTech.