FinTech Legal
Ireland
7 years ranked
INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Lorna Smith
FinTech 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
Provided by Maples Group
FinTech
Practice Areas
Lorna Smith is a Partner in the Irish Financial Services Regulatory team at Maples and Calder, the Maples Group’s law firm. Lorna has over 15 years’ experience in financial services regulation, and in addition to more traditional industries like banking, insurance and investment services, Lorna’s practice also focuses on growth sectors such as digital assets and tokenisation, fintech, alternative lending and sustainable finance.
Lorna guides new financial institutions establishing in Ireland, across all industry sectors including MiFID investment firms and fund service providers, crypto firms, banks, insurers, e-money and payment firms, credit servicing and retail credit firms and AI.
She also regularly advises on the transfer of regulated businesses, including regulatory due diligence.
Career
Lorna joined the Maples Group as a Partner in 2021, having previously worked at large Irish law and accountancy firms.
Chambers Review
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Professional Advisers: FinTech
FinTech Legal - Ireland
Band 3
Individual Editorial
Lorna Smith is a partner in the financial services regulatory team at Maples. She advises clients on compliance issues arising in supervisory and enforcement matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
Lorna Smith is very user-friendly for FinTech, and responsive. She is willing to give a pragmatic view and does not sit on the fence.
FinTech LegalProfessional Advisers: FinTechShe is very thoughtful, a real expert, and is super into FinTech. I am a big fan of Lorna.
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