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Fintech & Digital Assets

Nicolás Fernández Madero

Nicolás Fernández Madero

Nicolás Fernández Madero was an associate at the firm from 2007 to 2015, and has served as Senior Counsel since 2024. He specializes in corporate law, banking and finance, capital markets, fintech and blockchain. Prior to joining O’Farrell, he was a Partner at DLA Piper, primarily advising local and international fintech and blockchain companies on their operations and business establishment in Argentina, and also was a Senior Counsel at Mitrani, Caballero & Ruiz Moreno, forming part of the corporate, banking and finance team, were he worked in M&A and capital market transactions. Recognized by The Legal 500 Latam 2024 as a key name of Mitrani Caballero Ruiz Moreno’s banking and finance team, in the practice of fintech and cryptoassets.

Deals

  • Advised RedotPay Technologies Ltd., a Hong Kong-headquartered Web3 payments provider, on its Argentina CNV VASP (PSAV) registration and ongoing updates (including under CNV Res. 1058/2025), UIF AML registration and compliance programme.
  • Advised RedotPay Technologies Ltd., a Hong Kong-headquartered Web3 payments provider, on its Argentina CNV VASP (PSAV) registration and ongoing updates (including under CNV Res. 1058/2025), UIF AML registration and compliance programme.
  • Advised TikTok Singapore on Argentina-facing regulatory perimeter and compliance strategy for potential digital assets, payments and creator monetisation initiatives, including CNV/BCRA licensing-trigger analysis.

Team Services

Our Fintech & Digital Assets area has vast experience in the industry representing fintechs, payment service providers (PSPs) and virtual asset service providers (PSAVs), from start-ups, global crypto-asset platforms, tokenization platforms, issuers and investors in the crypto-asset industry.

We provide advice on the setting up in Argentina of PSAVs and their registration before CNV and UIF, and PSPs before the BCRA, covering all the issues that arise, both regulatory compliance and ramp structures for the onboarding of users to their platforms, offering prepaid cards against FIAT or crypto currencies, in terms of data protection and licensing. Since 2019 we have pioneered the structuring of tokenizations of a broad spectrum of assets, such as real estate and commodities, grains, energy and meat among others, the issuance of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.

Our team has been involved in the legal issues of the fintech and blockchain ecosystem since 2019, an eternity by the standards of this rapidly evolving sector. We have in-depth industry knowledge and an established network that allows us to support our clients beyond the scope of traditional legal advice. We also actively participate in the working groups of industry chambers and associations, such as the Argentine Fintech Chamber, Crypto Valley Association (Switzerland) and Legaltech Argentina. Our deep understanding of the technology behind fintech and blockchain solutions, together with our knowledge in their regulation, makes us stand out.