Hagen Rooke
FinTech Guide 2025
Band 1 : FinTech Legal
Band 1
About
Provided by Hagen Rooke
Practice Areas
Hagen Rooke, based in Singapore, advises on financial services licensing and approvals, conduct of business and regulatory change projects. His clients include banks, payment services firms, digital asset exchanges and dealers, capital markets intermediaries, funds and fund managers, exchanges, proprietary trading houses and commodity groups.
He focuses on FinTech, payment services and digital assets, possessing a wealth of knowledge about digital asset exchanges, dealers and custodians, e-money issuance, money transfer and remittance services, merchant acquisition and payment systems.
Hagen provides strategically valuable advice and has a unique understanding of the international issues and synergies that are relevant to clients. He has extensive experience of engaging with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and other regulators, and of practicing in Asia and Europe, He is a sought-after adviser, speaker and writer.
Chambers Review
FinTech
Hagen Rooke is an experienced financial regulatory lawyer with a strong reputation in Singapore FinTech. His practice focuses on cryptocurrency and other digital assets. He advises FinTech companies and cryptocurrency projects on regulatory compliance, as well as operationalising contracts for tech firms.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Hagen Rooke is the single best lawyer I have worked with in this space. He is a remarkable lawyer and a great man, and I cannot recommend him enough."
"Hagen Rooke manages our relationship very well. He is very responsive and has a good knowledge of the space."
"Hagen has in-depth and practical experience that a lot of others don't have in the market. He is extremely experienced and has an extensive background in financial regulations."
"Hagen Rooke is quick to respond, professional and provides in-depth but straightforward guidance in an area that usually tends to be difficult to pin down."
"Hagen Rooke is all-round excellent, highly commercial and incredibly responsive. He goes the extra mile to protect our business's interests and I can always rely on his practical insights."
"Hagen Rooke is the single best lawyer I have worked with in this space. He is a remarkable lawyer and a great man, and I cannot recommend him enough."
"Hagen Rooke manages our relationship very well. He is very responsive and has a good knowledge of the space."
"Hagen has in-depth and practical experience that a lot of others don't have in the market. He is extremely experienced and has an extensive background in financial regulations."
"Hagen Rooke is quick to respond, professional and provides in-depth but straightforward guidance in an area that usually tends to be difficult to pin down."
"Hagen Rooke is all-round excellent, highly commercial and incredibly responsive. He goes the extra mile to protect our business's interests and I can always rely on his practical insights."
