Simmons & Simmons

FinTech

Angus is head of FinTech at Simmons & Simmons. He is an IP specialist with a particular focus on advising clients on the IP aspects of commercial and corporate transactions in a range of sectors including Financial Institutions and TMT. Angus also specialises in copyright and breach of confidence/trade secrets disputes arising out of employee moves. His clients range from top tier investment banks and market leading software developers to some of the UK’s most exciting FinTech start-ups.

Angus is the Contributing Editor of the FinTech edition of Getting the Deal Through, a publication that answers 50 key legal and regulatory questions that arise for businesses operating in the FinTech sector across 22 jurisdictions. He has been a Techstars mentor on Barclays’ FinTech Accelerator in London since it launched in 2014 and was Simmons & Simmons’ representative on the Bank of England’s FinTech Community. Angus was also one of the industry specialist judges on Nesta’s Open Up Challenge (https://www.openupchallenge.io/, a competition ordered by the UK Competition and Markets Association to promote competition in the SME finance sector. 

Qualified (2002); Joined Simmons & Simmons (2000); Partner Simmons & Simmons (2015).

Financial Markets Law Committee FinTech Scoping Forum and Bank of England FinTech Community.

Newcastle University (LLB), College of Law (LPC) and Bristol University (Postgraduate Diploma in IP Law and Practice).