Chambers Review
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FinTech Legal: Data Protection & Cyber Security - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Osborne Clarke has worked on significant mandates for startups and incumbents, including challenger banks, finance platforms and international financial institutions. The firm is particularly strong on payments matters.
Strengths
They are super strong in FinTech. Their commercial payments team is particularly very strong.
Osborne Clarke has a strong team across securitisation and consumer credit, with good associates and partners.
They blew me away with how well-connected they are and the integrated service they offer. They provided incredibly readable advice; some of the most user-friendly work I have received.
They advise on both regulatory questions as well as specific business and commercial questions for FinTechs. They always give very legally sound advice which is aligned with business objectives.
The Osborne Clarke team works very hard to truly understand the business and support through regulatory engagement.
Work Highlights
Osborne Clarke provided a range of legal and payments regulatory advice to Block on its UK merchant acquiring and its P2P digital wallet products.
Notable practitioners
Paul Anning advises international and domestic clients on FinTech matters, including payments mandates. He leads Osborne Clarke's international payments practice.
He is really well-known and knowledgeable in the FinTech payments space.
Paul Anning is very commercial, finding the right balance of regulatory applications balanced with client needs.
Paul Anning is the gold standard of a payment services lawyer. He is so responsive, knows what's going on and gives practical advice. I have never known him to miss a deadline; he is just a joy.
Nikki Worden is head of Osborne Clarke's financial institutions group and its consumer and small business finance practice. Worden advises digital banks, lending platforms and FinTech companies on consumer credit matters and FCA regulations.
Nikki Worden has been in-house so she knows what advice is really valuable to GCs and businesses. She is very experienced and practical.