Ashurst

Acting for global banking and financial services clients as well as fintech start-ups and disruptors, Ashurst‘s fintech practice is especially active in matters relating to digital assets, digital money – such as central bank digital currencies – and the creation of digital platforms. A small number of partners jointly chair the practice: Etay Katz, known for guiding major banks through technological transformations; David Futter, whose fintech practice extends to the development of digital platform based payment projects; Jonathan Cohen, particularly active in the UK neo-bank sector; Tara Waters, a technology specialist with notable experience of work involving distributed ledgers and cryptoassets; and Bradley Rice, who is handling a growing volume of mandates related to the emergence of new forms of digital money. Jacob Gold and Daniel Franks are further key contacts.