Praised for its ‘strategic and practical’ approach, Pinsent Masons LLP’s wide-ranging fintech offering is distinguished by notable expertise in AI and machine learning, collaboration between banks and fintechs, open banking and Digital IDs. Practice head Yvonne Dunn, who is praised for being ‘ plugged into the market’, frequently assists retail banks with a variety of fintech matters, extending to open banking. Angus McFadyen, an expert in digital identity issues, frequently leads on cross-border fintech transactional work. Luke Scanlon handles a wide range of fintech commercial arrangements, including commercial APIs.
Testimonials
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‘Pinsent Masons approach to technology advancements is both strategic and practical. Information and knowledge are disseminated in a number of different ways through insight briefs, events, dinners and direct engagement.’
‘The individuals are well-networked and bring a breadth of sectorial expertise to the table.’
Key clients
- GS Fintech Limited
- Smart Data Foundry
Work highlights
- Advising a leading cloud technology provider on how to fit its AI products specifically for use in the financial services sector by clients subject to financial services regulatory requirements.
- Supporting a UK-wide financial infrastructure provider better identify and enable the prevention of fraud across the UK, including looking at technology issues, contracting with a large number of international vendors, addressing competition law issues, data protection, and financial regulatory issues with the Bank of England and other regulators.