Morten Wilhelm Winther
FinTech Guide 2025
Band 1 : FinTech Legal
Band 1
About
Provided by Morten Wilhelm Winther
Practice Areas
Morten’s background is in financial, regulatory and company law. He assists both Norwegian and foreign financial institutions, investment banks, start-ups and emerging companies in relation to transactional and regulatory work. He is an expert on financial services regulatory matters and has considerable experience on alternative credit structures such as tailored securitisation. Morten’s FinTech practice is characterised by his work assisting both start-ups (e.g. PayPal and Klarna) and incumbents (e.g. Mastercard and Apple) entering the Norwegian market, particularly in the payments space and in relation to digital currencies. He also advises widely on the implications of PSD2 and other EU directives relevant to the FinTech industry.
Chambers Review
FinTech
Morten Wilhelm Winther is widely recognised for his expertise in financial regulatory law. He has extensive experience advising clients on the regulatory implications of PSD2, as well as issues surrounding virtual currencies and tokenisation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Morten has an impressive ability to understand complex legal matters instantly, and provides good counsel with great commercial solutions."
"Morten is a very knowledgeable guy."
"Morten has an impressive ability to understand complex legal matters instantly, and provides good counsel with great commercial solutions."
"Morten is a very knowledgeable guy."