Leonard Bonello
FinTech Guide 2024
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About
Provided by Leonard Bonello
Practice Areas
Leonard is a Partner at Ganado Advocates, assisting neobanks, electronic money institutions and payment institutions in regulatory and other matters. Leonard also heads the fintech group at the firm and is involved in assisting a number of blockchain-based projects.
Leonard is also a visiting lecturer and examiner at the University of Malta.
Chambers Review
FinTech
Leonard Bonello is a market-leading banking and finance lawyer and often acts for FinTech and blockchain projects. Bonello also advises financial institutions on FinTech transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Leonard Bonello has great expertise and is really knowledgeable in FinTech."
"Leonard is an experienced professional, and, together with his team, offers practical advice which is both relevant to adhere to our regulatory obligations, but at the same time practical, enabling us to remain commercially competitive."
"Leonard Bonello has great expertise and is really knowledgeable in FinTech."
"Leonard is an experienced professional, and, together with his team, offers practical advice which is both relevant to adhere to our regulatory obligations, but at the same time practical, enabling us to remain commercially competitive."
Articles, highlights and press releases
3 items provided by Ganado Advocates
Banking & Fintech Newsletter - Issue No. 40
Banking & Fintech newsletter – issue 40 is now available.
MiCA obtains green light from European Council
The European Council has just announced that it has adopted the long-awaited Market in Crypto Assets Regulation (“MiCA”), the world's first pan-national regulatory framework governing crypto-assets.
EMIR 3.0: Strike three for regulating the European derivatives market?
EU wants to simplify clearing and increase resilience of CCPs with EMIR 3.0 amendments, including new active accounts requirement and expanded exemptions for cross-border intragroup transactions to reduce risk exposure and incentivize derivative clearing.
Banking & Fintech Newsletter - Issue No. 40
Banking & Fintech newsletter – issue 40 is now available.
MiCA obtains green light from European Council
The European Council has just announced that it has adopted the long-awaited Market in Crypto Assets Regulation (“MiCA”), the world's first pan-national regulatory framework governing crypto-assets.
EMIR 3.0: Strike three for regulating the European derivatives market?
EU wants to simplify clearing and increase resilience of CCPs with EMIR 3.0 amendments, including new active accounts requirement and expanded exemptions for cross-border intragroup transactions to reduce risk exposure and incentivize derivative clearing.