Charlotte Rowlandson
A&O ShearmanA&O Shearman‘s multidisciplinary fintech group is active across a range of transactional mandates including M&A, venture capital investments, and public offerings for fintech companies. Intellectual property protection mandates are also a key workstream. Beyond these capabilities, the group is able to leverage its expertise in artificial intelligence to give strategic advice to major financial institutions on issues such as AI governance and compliance matters, alongside AI use policy and general risk management measures. William Samengo-Turner heads up the team and counts M&A, joint ventures, private fundraising among his practice strengths. A key contact for clients ranging from leading UK fintechs to international technology companies, Eimear Coady’s experience extends to commercial collaborations and fundraisings.
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‘Responsive, knowledgeable and good at allocating the right tasks to the right people.’
‘Charlotte Rowlandson responds very effectively and manages her team in a way that all tasks are effectively completed on time, even with very tight timescales.’
Key clients
- Cube (The Content Group (TCG) Limited)
- Allianz Asset Management GmbH
- Robinhood Markets, Inc.
- PayPal Ventures
- TeamSystem/CapitalG
- Barclays
- Wells Fargo
- AI Working Group
- CAB Payments
Work highlights
- Advised Allianz Asset Management GmbH (AllianzAM), as the largest minority shareholder in Moneyfarm, on Moneyfarm's acquisition of UK digital pensions adviser, Profile Pensions and related Series D-2 and Series E equity fundraisings.
- Advised PayPal Ventures on its follow-on investment in Tabby’s Series D funding round (both primary investment and secondary acquisition), which valued Tabby at $1.5bn.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
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William Samengo-Turner
A&O ShearmanPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
William Samengo-Turner