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FinTech Legal
FinTech Guide 2026 : Australia
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Provided by Gilbert + Tobin
Our team of Fintech lawyers have advised some of the most successful and ground-breaking fintech businesses operating in Australia and globally. Our experience is across the sector and includes financial institutions, neobanks, fund and asset managers, payments and digital wallet providers, platforms, product distributors, marketplace lending, fractionalised and tokenised assets, digital currencies and exchanges.
Our experience traverses the lifespan of business - from workshopping very early stage concepts to build scalable and marketable solutions, to advising founder-held and start-up businesses through the process of obtaining VC or PE money, to working with established businesses looking to pivot or deliver product enhancements and new service offerings.
Clients (15)
- Hyperwallet
- Visa
- MYOB
- Great Southern Bank
- Binance
- Evernoe
- Wise
- Bakkt
- Carnival
- Cuscal
- Airwallex
- Moonpay
- Tyro
- Tencent
- OnDeck
Industries (9)
- Digital Platforms and Markets
- Decentralised Finance
- Digital Currency Exchanges
- Digital Wallets
- Stored Value and Payments
- DAO Governance and Capital Formation
- Digital Assests
- Funds
- Financial Services Regulation
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Work Highlights
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Gilbert + Tobin advised Block Earner on financial services regulations and its proceedings with ASIC.
Strengths
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Gilbert + Tobin is adept at translating complex technical, regulatory and privacy considerations into actionable legal advice.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechGilbert + Tobin is well informed on the regulatory environment and direction legislation is moving. The team have an innate ability to quickly understand and absorb business models and ideas.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechThe team have unparalleled expertise across digital banking and neo-bank licensing, AFS licensing, investment management, payments and remittances, cryptocurrency and custody services.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechTheir understanding of the crypto and financial services landscape in Australia is both broad and nuanced, which allows them to provide advice that is technically sound and commercially relevant.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 1 
Band 1 Peter Reeves
Peter Reeves is a market-leading adviser on the technical and regulatory aspects of FinTech for Gilbert + Tobin. He has expertise in advising on decentralised finance, decentralised autonomous organisations and digital currency exchanges. Peter advises with a clear sense of how legal issues intersect with product design, business priorities and regulatory expectations.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechPeter is responsive, accessible and consistently thoughtful in his approach. He engages constructively with stakeholders and communicates complex advice in a clear, actionable and tailored way.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechPeter Reeves is very sophisticated in terms of his understanding of the FinTech and crypto industry. He is also commercial in his thinking and finds solutions to our problems.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechWhen Australia's most innovative payment companies need to navigate the intersection of traditional finance and emerging blockchain technology, they turn to Peter Reeves.
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Band 2 Band 2 Simon Burns
Simon Burns is recognised for his focus on technology and FinTech work, such as digital payment systems. He is also noted for his work handling blockchain and digital asset matters.
Simon is fantastic. He really knows his stuff but he comes across as very humble.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechSimon has a deep understanding of our core business and a vision of how to get the job done quickly and efficiently.
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Band 3 Band 3 Rachel Walker
Rachel Walker recently joined Gilbert + Tobin's financial services regulatory group as a partner. Walker advises on consumer loans, 'buy now, pay later' offers and virtual credit card products, among other FinTech matters.
Rachel Walker is extremely knowledgeable and delivers a great service.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechWhat Rachel does incredibly well is that she balances law and business pragmatism very well. She has a business-first mindset; she always comes with solutions and is friendly.
FinTech Legal respondentFinTechRachel is an extremely knowledgeable and delivers great service.
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Ranked Individuals at Gilbert + Tobin (3)
Australia
Peter Reeves
Head of FinTech Legal
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FinTech Legal
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FinTech Legal
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