FinTech Legal

Lex Legal Practice is a leading Pakistan boutique firm with a strong specialisation in digital payments law. The team offers regulatory advice and assistance with transactional matters to a wide range of FinTech clients.

"The team have a high-grade understanding of regulatory matters from a legal standpoint and have been extremely thorough and professional with their advice for our company."

"Not only did their team understand complex and sophisticated matters but they also always simplified the responses for us as a client. We have never encountered an opinion or work that has been questioned or objected to internally or by regulators. From managing partner to associates, the level of information and quality of responses has always been consistent."

Lex Legal Practice assisted HengShan Investments, an international FinTech company entering the Pakistan digital lending market, with its licensing application to establish a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC).

Asad Salahuddin is the firm's founder and managing partner, and leads its major technology, telecoms and FinTech mandates. He specialises in digital payments and banking regulatory matters and transactions. "Asad Salahuddin provided advice that was not only thorough, but also pragmatic. His strengths include his commercial awareness and foresight – he ensures that we always understand the financial implications, both short- and long-term, of our decisions." "Asad possesses outstanding academic credentials and professional skills, and his approach to analysing and resolving complex issues is truly insightful. What sets Asad apart is his unwavering commitment to promptly address the needs of his clients."