Rebecca James
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLPThe ‘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.
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‘Practical, timely and straightforward legal advice.’
‘Dan Jones is consistently helpful, engaged and solutions-orientated when solving AML, payments and client resourcing issues.’
‘Dan Jones and Guy Stevenson are great to work with, guiding us through the European landscape.’
‘An extremely agile and highly reliable team with a strong understanding on complex matters pertaining to the financial service regulations from a cross-border perspective.’
‘The Orrick team in London provided seamless and responsive service. We were very happy with their expertise and responsiveness.’
‘The team understands our business well and how the regulatory requirements apply to it. Their deep understanding allows them to provide straightforward and actionable advice.’
‘Rebecca James has been instrumental in getting our US-based company educated about the UK regulatory regime, and has provided practical, straightforward advice to advance our goals. She responds promptly with direct and actionable advice.'
- 'Dan Jones has provided thoughtful and practical advice, and is available to analyse issues at all hours.’
Key clients
- AlphaFX
- Ego Death Capital
- FastSpring
- Gateway Lab Inc.
- Griffin Bank
- Marriott Inc.
- NerdWallet
- Onafriq
- Paysend Ltd.
- PNC Bank
- Plim Limited
- Rapyd Payments Ltd
- TerraPay Holdings Limited
- Wirex Limited
Work highlights
- Supported Alpha FX with regulatory due diligence on a potential trading partner, which involved advising on regulation applicable to the trading partner’s business operating model and practical steps to be taken to meet due diligence obligations.
- Supported global digital payment processing platform FastSpring with an analysis of the application of PSD2 to FastSpring’s business model and guidance on regulatory communications in relevant jurisdictions.
- Providing ongoing regulatory counsel to Onafriq, a global payment services provider with one of the largest client bases for payment services across the African continent.
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Dan Jones