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FinTech Legal: Data Protection & Cyber Security - UK-wide

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins offers a broad range of FinTech advice and services for major clients. The team advises across a range of key areas, including regulatory matters concerning crypto-assets, cybersecurity issues and digital banking.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins advised the Fidelity National Information Services in the sale of its stake in Worldpay to Global Payments for USD24.2 billion.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Stuart Davis
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Stuart Davis
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Band 1

Stuart Davis is highly regarded by clients, who value his FinTech knowledge of payment services, tokenisation, non-fungible tokens, funds and regulatory permissions. Davis has a particularly strong practice in advising international crypto companies on UK regulatory matters.

His expertise on crypto policy and regulation is unparalleled; he is able to share this in a way that both lawyers and non-lawyers are able to comprehend. His contributions have been invaluable to us.

For hard regulatory questions at the crossover of traditional finance and novel crypto assets, Stuart Davis is the heavyweight we rely on. He combines black-letter expertise with strategic judgement.

He is a great advocate, very knowledgeable, has great connections and is also very attuned to the Web3 and decentralised project space.

Stuart Davis is knowledgeable and gives good, targeted advice. He doesn't waste a lot of time and he is very practical.

Fiona Maclean
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Fiona Maclean
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Band 2

Fiona Maclean is the global vice chair of data & technology transactions at Latham & Watkins. She works on significant data protection and cybersecurity matters for FinTech clients.

Fiona Maclean is very pragmatic, responsive, and accessible. She is incredibly knowledgeable without ever being bookish, and has very good judgement.

Gabriel Lakeman
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Gabriel Lakeman
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Up and Coming

Gabriel Lakeman is global co-chair of Latham & Watkins' digital assets & Web3 practice. He advises on regulatory questions for major clients in the digital assets industry, particularly in regard to cryptoasset registration, and MiCA regulations.

Gabriel combines deep technical knowledge with creativity, and understands the commercial realities of our business. The advice is clear, pragmatic, and solution-oriented.

Gabriel Lakeman is a highly capable and commercial lawyer whose thoughtful approach and clear communication make him a standout advisor in the field of FinTech regulation.

Brett Carr
Brett Carr
Associates to watch

Brett Carr is an associate in the team who works on compliance and payments regulatory questions for digital assets and e-commerce platforms in the UK and the EU.

Brett Carr has very good subject matter expertise in the space, he is super responsive and able to meet transaction timing requests.

Brett Carr is diligent, responsive and great to work with. He tries to get you to product launch practically and evaluate risks in a way that makes you comfortable to really move things forward.

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FinTech Legal

Stuart Davis
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Stuart Davis
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Band 1
FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

Stuart Davis
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Stuart Davis
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Band 1
Gabriel Lakeman
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Gabriel Lakeman
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Up and Coming
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing

Stuart Davis
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Stuart Davis
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Band 1
FinTech Legal: Data Protection & Cyber Security

Fiona Maclean
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Fiona Maclean
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Band 2
FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending

Stuart Davis
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Stuart Davis
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Band 1
Brett Carr
Brett Carr
Associates to watch