FinTech Legal - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Burges Salmon is a longstanding presence in the South West market, Scotland and London. It advises FinTech clients on financial services regulation, corporate, technology and data, IP and banking matters. Its lawyers assist financial institutions and startups with financial services regulation, M&A deals and financing, data protection, and blockchain and crypto-related matters.
Strengths
"They successfully knit the different disciplines required to support a FinTech firm into one offering and I find it very easy to navigate. I am yet to find an area they can't support me with."
Work Highlights
Burges Salmon advised Proper, a wealth management platform, on its GBP3.2 million pre-seed investment round and a follow-on crowdfunding round.
Notable Practitioners
Martin Cook leads Burges Salmon's FinTech practice and brings significant in-house experience to his private practice. Cook advises FinTech clients on financial services regulatory matters. "I can't speak highly enough of Martin. Everyone I know who works with him rates him extremely highly too. He has brilliant commercial awareness, is extremely bright and is a pleasure to work with."
