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lindenpartners

FinTech Legal

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About Lindenpartners

At Lindenpartners, we combine deep expertise in banking regulation with innovative legal solutions for tech and data challenges in the financial industry. Our team has successfully guided clients and their products through complex regulatory landscapes, leveraging experience with financial associations to resolve disputes with supervisory authorities.

Key Areas of Expertise

  • Digital Transformation: We help clients develop digital business models and adapt traditional financial products for digital platforms. Our approach ensures regulatory compliance while prioritizing user experience and delivering practical, legally sound solutions early on. 
  • FinTech Innovation: With regulatory experts and tech-savvy IT lawyers, we bridge finance and technology. Recent projects include supporting leading German financial institutions in integrating AI tools while maintaining regulatory compliance. 
  • Agile Collaboration: We advise on APIs, open banking, AI, and digital identities, combining banking regulation expertise with IT, data protection, and public law for comprehensive guidance on complex, data-driven business models. 
  • Regulatory Defense: We defend against actions by authorities such as BaFin and data protection regulators, assist during audits, and protect client interests in regulatory disputes. 

Selected Customers

LIQUID, Solarisbank, Raisin, Unzer, wealthAPI, Star Finanz, Vexcash AG, Fincite

Clients (15)

  • S-Kreditpartner GmbH
  • Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband e.v.
  • Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken
  • Atruvia AG
  • Check24 Zahlungssysteme GmbH
  • DG Nexolution eG
  • Inasys GmbH
  • Check24 Ident GmbH
  • NeurologIQ GmbH
  • Wallis GmbH
  • Tesobe GmbH
  • Star Finanz GmbH (S-Hub)
  • S-Communication
  • Fincite GmbH
  • Raisin GmbH

Industries (6)

  • Banking Industry
  • Trust Services / AI
  • Open Banking Service Provider
  • Innovation Hub
  • Banking
  • FinTech

Chambers Review

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FinTech Legal - Germany

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For
Lindenpartners has expertise in blockchain and digitalisation projects. It has strong expertise in financial regulation, capital markets, IT and data privacy.

Work Highlights

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  • Lindenpartners advised Atruvia, a large German FinTech, on a broad range of legal matters relating to digital innovation, data usage, and AI deployment.

Strengths

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  • The Lindenpartners team has a hands-on mentality and a good, pragmatic approach.

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  • Lindenpartners has comprehensive data protection knowledge, a proven ability to swiftly understand and integrate technical and organisational frameworks, and a commitment to customer service.

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  • All the partners at Lindenpartners are very bright, offering super-short response times.

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  • The team offer easy access to partners, strong knowledge and political cleverness in navigating a broad range of stakeholders.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 4Brigitta Varadinek
    Band 4Brigitta Varadinek

    Brigitta Varadinek

    Brigitta Varadinek specialises in advising FinTechs on financial regulatory matters. Varadinek has expertise in payment platforms and digital banking, as well as data security and privacy.

    • Brigitta Varadinek is excellent. She is extremely pragmatic, commercially minded and helpful.

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  • Band 4Moritz Indenhuck
    Band 4Moritz Indenhuck

    Moritz Indenhuck

    Moritz Indenhuck is a partner at Lindenpartners and advises FinTech businesses on regulatory matters, particularly those relating to data protection regulations.

    • Moritz is an excellent adviser and partner.

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    • Moritz has an excellent awareness of the complexity and mechanism of our business.

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