Harvest Advokatbyrå’s fintech team advises on a wide range of regulatory matters, including compliance issues, internal audits, licence application procedures, AML matters, and sustainability work, advising payment institutions, banks, fund managers, credit providers, and crypto-asset service providers. Co-founder Amin Bell leads the team alongside co-founder Anna Cumzelius; the pair have considerable combined financial regulatory experience. Niklas Sinander, who was formerly head of the financial regulation practice at Cirio Advokatbyrå AB, joined the firm in January 2023.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Harvest offers a good combination of cost and expertise. Their advice is solid, practical and swiftly delivered.'

  • 'The availability of senior founding partners is outstanding.'

  • ‘There is wide competence within the organisation and the team has a great understanding of both business and legal requirements.'

  • 'They are easy to collaborate with.'

  • 'Excellent fintech lawyers, very enjoyable to work with.'

  • 'Anna Cumzelius is clever and quick, delivers always with no waste of time and without overdelivering. Great value for any large project.'

  • 'Fantastic knowledgeable people with integrity and willingness to deliver beyond expectations.'

Key clients

  • Bankgirocentralen BGC AB
  • Freetrade Europa AB
  • Global X Digital Assets Issuer Limited
  • Invoier AB
  • Kameo ApS
  • Klarna Bank AB
  • PFC Technology AB
  • Sigmastocks Neo AB
  • Sileon AB (formerly Paynova AB)
  • TF Bank AB
  • Xbaht AB
  • Payer Financial Services AB

Work highlights

  • Providing legal and regulatory advice to Freetrade Europa in relation to the process of starting up the Swedish business.
  • Assisting Kameo ApS and its subsidiaries and branches with a number of different matters, including legal advice regarding complex AML/CTF matters.
  • Assisting Sileon AB with legal and regulatory issues, as well as maintaining the company’s compliance function.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Amin Bell, Anna Cumzelius

Other key lawyers

Niklas Sinander