Mr Dan Jones > Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP Offices
107 CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 6DN
England
Mr Dan Jones
Work Department
Fintech
Position
Partner
Career
With a strong focus on the fintech sector, Dan advises some of the world’s leading financial services firms on all aspects of their UK and European regulatory obligations.
Dan has experience across the full spectrum and life cycle of financial services firms: from determining whether the firm’s products or services are the subject of financial services regulation, assistance in obtaining a regulatory license, interpretation of applicable regulations and implementation guidance through to M&A regulatory due diligence and skilled person’s reports in the event of regulatory investigation.
His clients include global retail and investment banks, asset managers, e-money issuers and payments services providers, crypto-asset issuers, wallets and exchanges.
Dan’s notable work includes advice to the UK Open Banking implementation body, the development of a digital only retail bank for a U.S. headquartered global bank and preparing the regulatory license application for a leading global payment services provider.
Before joining Orrick, Dan spent more than a decade working in UK ‘magic circle’ law and ‘Big 4’ consulting firms, advising leading fintech’s on regulatory issues across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
Languages
English
Memberships
- The Payments Association
Education
- Newcastle University, LL.B. (Hons), Law, 2009
- Moorgate College of Law, LPC, 2010
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
The ‘extremely agile and highly reliable team’ at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP is noted for its robust transatlantic payments and fintech offering, with demonstrable experience in handling IPOs, asset and sale purchases involving regulated financial services clients. ‘Consistently helpful, engaged and solutions-orientated‘, fintech expert Dan Jones leads the practice and counts retail and investment banks, asset managers, e-money issuers and payments services providers, crypto-asset issuers, wallets and exchanges among his key roster of clients. Rebecca James and Guy Stevenson are also key contacts in the group.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP fields an ‘extremely agile and highly reliable team’ which is particuarly known for its expertise across regulated transactions, EMI applications and cross-border payments work. Dan Jones heads up the team, and is well placed to handle regulatory projects, such as the development of digital-only retail banks. Marco Boldini, who divides his time between London and Milan, frequently acts on compliance matters before the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. Guy Stevenson focuses on retail financial services mandates, spanning issues such as crypto, sanctions and anti-money laundering.
Lawyer Rankings
- Fintech: regulatory London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > Securitisation
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Employers