FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending

The FinTech team at Covington & Burling has particular strength in advising international payments companies on product structuring and facilitating partnerships between banks and technology platforms. The firm also advises on digital asset regulation and transactional matters.

"Covington has a fantastic team of intelligent, hard-working, and talented attorneys who have experience handling even the toughest and most idiosyncratic legal issues."

"Covington offers a wide range of very accomplished attorneys across numerous legal practices. They are our go-to law firm for complex or sophisticated legal issues."

"Covington sets the bar for service and responsiveness. We have always been very satisfied with their level of service and the quality of their work product."

Covington & Burling advised Coinbase, a digital currency exchange, on financial services and securities regulation matters.

Michael Nonaka is a financial services expert who assists banks, lending companies and payments firms with compliance, transactional and legislative issues. He is particularly sought after for state regulatory licensing and product counselling advice. "He is spectacular in this area."

Judy Mok is a payments expert with a focus on strategic partnership agreements. She has negotiated complex payments transactions for retailers, financial institutions and businesses. "Judy draws from years of experience as a financial services and payments subject matter expert and brings a high level of sophistication and commercial awareness to the advice she provides." "Judy Mok is very reliable and up and coming in this space."