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FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending - USA - Nationwide
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
Cooley has a highly innovative approach to product development and in-depth regulatory knowledge and broad sense of current market practice.
Cooley offers clear communications with deep knowledge of the FinTech industry and the desk-drawer rules. They have practical experience advising on how regulators will respond to various matters.
Cooley are extremely responsive and able to communicate efficiently and effectively. They have the ability to help me understand any questions I may have. With Cooley, our needs are met entirely.
Cooley offers industry and regulatory knowledge that is always comprehensive, historical and current. Furthermore, Cooley understands the business models, which allows for expeditious legal advice.
Cooley is very helpful and knowledgeable. They were always available, very communicative, and very helpful in every aspect. They really went above and beyond.
Work Highlights
Cooley advised The Money Services Round Table, an information sharing and advocacy group made up of large money transmission companies, on state and federal legislation, rules and guidance relating to money transmission regulation, among other issues.
Notable practitioners
Adam Fleisher is experienced in payments and is a money transmitter expert. His clients include peer-to-peer payments providers, electronic wallet platform providers and payroll and payment processors.
Adam has been an excellent partner to have when navigating the regulatory requirements and changes that faced our company. He's very communicative and incredibly knowledgeable and approachable.
Adam is a strong, practical and business-oriented regulatory lawyer. He's our go-to for US payments laws and regulations. He's practical, responsive and always solution-focused.
Adam has been a critical partner in the development of our banking and FinTech products.
Adam is a forward-thinking thought leader on debit card products, payments and other issues in the financial services space. He's an expert and is super knowledgeable, accessible and responsive.
Adam has tremendous practical and technical knowledge, with an ability to conduct quality research, effectively advocate and balance interests and develop effective positions during negotiations.
James Kim is a payments law and lending specialist. He joined Cooley LLP from Troutman Pepper in May 2025. Kim was previously a senior enforcement lawyer at the CFPB, and in private practice advises FinTech clients on consumer protection and general regulatory compliance work.
James Kim is truly great, he's phenomenal.
Derek Colla is a corporate partner at Cooley focusing on helping innovative FinTech clients through funding rounds. Colla's clients include blockchain, crypto assets and payment services providers.
Derek Colla is great. He's well regarded, commercial, pragmatic and clients really like him.
Derek is a brilliant lawyer, he has deep insights, understands our objectives and responds with great customer service in a timely manner.
Derek is responsive and gives great counsel.
Obrea Poindexter is an expert in payments regulatory matters. She has the ability to advise large payment institutions as well as emerging payments businesses.
Obrea is a forward-thinking, highly creative product and regulatory lawyer with deep regulatory and market knowledge.
Obrea Poindexter is very smart, very thoughtful, very well informed about what the agencies are doing and how to prepare for everything. She's also very contactable and provides a great perspective.
William Pao assists clients in high profile litigation and regulatory matters. Pao previously chaired O’Melveny & Myers' FinTech group and has recently moved to Cooley LLP.