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FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending - USA - Nationwide
What the Team is Known For
DLA Piper's FinTech practice encompasses transactional, regulatory, litigation and enforcement mandates. Its clients include challenger banks, global brands and financial institutions. The firm is also able to provide advice in relation to payments and lending matters, and in data protection and cybersecurity issues.
Strengths
DLA Piper brings deep expertise in complex, high stakes regulatory licensing and charter applications. The team can prepare robust, well-structured applications.
They get exactly how we want to see and digest the information. The team is brilliant at digesting information and providing it to us in a simple format. They have all of the knowledge we need.
Work Highlights
The DLA Piper team advised Figure Technologies, a blockchain and digital lending business, on the development, regulatory compliance and contract terms for a blockchain-based eVault.
Notable practitioners
Margo Tank is the US co-chair of DLA Piper's financial services group. Her expertise includes guiding clients on banking regulatory matters, as well as advising on crypto-related lending issues and payments platforms.
Margo's knowledge is broad and deep. She is well connected and is constantly thinking about ways to improve and develop the product, and to build a better construct.