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Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing

FinTech Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide


Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

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About

Provided by Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Troutman Pepper Locke offers comprehensive support to financial services businesses in today’s challenging and ever-changing environment. Consistently recognized as a leading service provider to all segments of the financial services industry, we provide timely and practical counsel to guide clients with their most important decisions. From global financial institutions to small banks and non-bank financial service providers, clients depend on us to help them achieve their strategic and commercial goals while managing regulatory and litigation risk.

We serve businesses across the financial services spectrum — national, regional, and community financial institutions, auto and other consumer lenders, mortgage lenders and servicers, broker dealers, commercial lenders, payment processors, financial technology companies, and a host of other financial services providers — as well as corporate borrowers and others engaged in complex financing matters. These clients look to us for industry-leading counsel on the most crucial aspects of their business, from structuring major transactions to dealing with regulatory scrutiny.

The firm has 270+ attorneys ‎who offer comprehensive support to banks, market-leading digital banks (neobanks), buy-now-pay-later ‎‎(BNPL) providers, marketplace lenders, payments companies, payroll processors, money transmitters, ‎prepaid and credit card issuers, and online marketplaces and the online gaming industry participants, among many others.

Chambers Review

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FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing - USA - Nationwide

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has a strong FinTech practice in payments, data protection and corporate securities. Its lawyers advise and represent key trade associations, traditional financial institutions, payment providers and major tech firms on privacy and data regulatory compliance, security incidents, M&A, enforcement actions, as well as licensing and commercial matters. The team is also able to act on blockchain and crypto-related matters. On 1st January 2025, Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord merged to form Troutman Pepper Locke LLP.

Work Highlights

Provided by Chambers

  • Troutman Pepper Locke advised Straddle, a payments platform provider, in connection with program agreements with Valley Bank and Finicity Corporation.

Strengths

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  • The firm takes a very pragmatic, commercial approach to its advisory work - they always 'see around the corner' to the practical realities of implementing and operationalising their guidance.

    FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing respondentFinTech
  • The team at Troutman Pepper Locke is very knowledgeable, and the attorneys have business friendly acumen.

    FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing respondentFinTech
  • Troutman Pepper Locke is excellent and pragmatic when consulting on privacy laws and internal privacy policies.

    FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing respondentFinTech

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2Kim Phan
    Band 2Kim Phan

    Kim Phan

    Kim Phan is a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke's privacy and data security group. Phan assists clients with building regulatory compliant structures and advises on data protection and cybersecurity law.

    • Kim is a flexible on-the-spot thinker, and she's consistently responsive and reliable. Her advice has been invaluable to me as I set up our privacy programme.

      FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing respondentFinTech
    • Kim's depth of knowledge is very impressive and her ability to help us see our own privacy and compliance blind spots and to quickly create action plans to improve our compliance footprint.

      FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing respondentFinTech
    • Kim can answer any question off the top of her head and she provides extraordinarily practical advice.

      FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing respondentFinTech
  • Band 3Keith Barnett
    Band 3Keith Barnett

    Keith Barnett

    Keith Barnett is a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke's financial services group. Barnett is well regarded by sources for his expertise in payments regulations and banking regulatory issues.

    • Keith has deep subject matter knowledge, ability to see potential risks and assist in mitigating such risks.

      FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing respondentFinTech
    • Keith and his team have been invaluable to us. We appreciate his involvement in industry groups.

      FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing respondentFinTech

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