FinTech Legal
FinTech Guide 2024 : Austria
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About
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EY Law - New Technology Practice
The EY Law New Technology Desk established itself as Austria's leading force for legal and regulatory advice for FinTechs. The team has quickly become the number one address for national and international FinTechs and crypto service providers. The department lead, Martin Hanzl, holds lectures at renowned US universities, such as Harvard Law School and Rutgers, speaking about EU’s upcoming crypto regulation, MiCAR, and led EU projects on Blockchain and Smart Contracts (e.g. by the European Law Institute with the EU commission). To accommodate for the industries fast-paced development, EY Law's New Technology team focuses on innovate and solution-driven legal advice. Their clients can profit from the vast expertise in legal and regulatory implications of new technologies, including especially FinTech and crypto services but also AI technology and data-driven applications.
The EY Law New Technology Desk advises national, European and global clients, including leading European FinTechs and US crypto innovators from the their first entry to the EU market to the expansion of their business model and the development of new products. The department is best known throughout Austria and beyond for its in-depth knowledge and understanding of crypto & fintech related business models and service offerings and is able to advise clients on unregulated technological services as well as highly regulated business operations and client facing services.
Chambers Review
EY Law's new technology desk regularly handles complex FinTech mandates. Its work includes matters for clients involved in the trading of digital assets, payments and e-money operations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"EY Law's advice was always spot on, precise and timely."
"Their ability to handle complex and demanding matters is very high."
"EY Law's advice was always spot on, precise and timely."
"Their ability to handle complex and demanding matters is very high."
Notable Practitioners
Martin Hanzl leads the firm's new technologies practice. He brings intellectual property and IT law, as well as corporate, expertise to matters involving FinTech clients.
"On the one hand, he is a good manager and project manager but, on the other hand, technically he is also brilliant."
"He is on-point and an efficient and pragmatic adviser with good market vision. He's really built a reputation."
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Austria
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Industries
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Banking
Blockchain
Crypto-Asset Service Providers
Crypto-Assets
Crypto-Brokers
Crypto-Exchanges
FinTech
Finance
New Technology