INDIVIDUAL PROFILE

Stuart Davis

FinTech 2026

Latham & Watkins

Ranked in 4 practice areas

FinTech Legal

UK-wide

2 years ranked

FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

UK-wide

2 years ranked

FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending

UK-wide

2 years ranked

FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing

UK-wide

2 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Stuart Davis, Global Co-Chair of the Fintech Industry Group, is recognized as one of the world's leading fintech lawyers. He specializes in all areas of digital financial services, including brokerage, payments, digital assets, and market infrastructure.

Stuart counsels clients on the domestic and cross-border regulatory aspects of cutting-edge fintech initiatives, including digital assets and tokenization, market infrastructure, brokerage, clearing and settlement, lending (including crowdfunding), payments, and digital platforms. His extensive experience includes advising broker-dealers; investment, retail, and private banks; technology companies; market infrastructure providers; investment managers; hedge funds; and private equity funds on complex regulatory challenges.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Professional Advisers: FinTech

FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing - UK-wide

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Stuart Davis is highly regarded by clients, who value his FinTech knowledge of payment services, tokenisation, non-fungible tokens, funds and regulatory permissions. Davis has a particularly strong practice in advising international crypto companies on UK regulatory matters.

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FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending - UK-wide

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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FinTech Legal - UK-wide

Band 1

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FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies - UK-wide

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He is a great advocate, very knowledgeable, has great connections and is also very attuned to the Web3 and decentralised project space.
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & FinancingProfessional Advisers: FinTech
Stuart Davis is knowledgeable and gives good, targeted advice. He doesn't waste a lot of time and he is very practical.
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & FinancingProfessional Advisers: FinTech
His expertise on crypto policy and regulation is unparalleled; he is able to share this in a way that both lawyers and non-lawyers are able to comprehend. His contributions have been invaluable to us.
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & FinancingProfessional Advisers: FinTech
For hard regulatory questions at the crossover of traditional finance and novel crypto assets, Stuart Davis is the heavyweight we rely on. He combines black-letter expertise with strategic judgement.
FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & FinancingProfessional Advisers: FinTech