Meet the team
Financial Services & FinTech
Piper Alderman
Adelaide, Australia+4 other locations
- Sydney, Australia
- Melbourne, Australia
- Brisbane, Australia
- Perth, Australia
Team Services
A combination of extensive banking and financial services legal expertise, risk management skills and industry innovation enables us to help our clients navigate an increasingly complex landscape. Piper Alderman understands the Australian banking and financial services environment and clients appreciate our commitment to staying ahead of market and trends affecting the sector.
Genuine and ongoing client engagement results from Piper Alderman’s trademark blend of hard work, legal expertise and up-to-the-minute industry insight. Always striving to assist our clients, we aim to boost efficiency and future-proof their businesses by embracing innovation. Our Banking and Financial Services team works closely with the firm’s corporate, commercial, IP, ER and IP teams to provide an all-round legal service.
We advise large, mid-tier and boutique banks, both in Australia and overseas. Our clients include mutual banks, credit unions and many other types of financial service providers. We act for lenders of every size, and also offer banking and finance advice to private clients including entrepreneurs, investors and family groups.
Piper Alderman services clients across a range of areas including specialised lending, project and property finance, derivative and treasury products, loan and security documents, funds management, corporate and structured finance, managed investment schemes, retail and consumer finance, Code of Banking Practice compliance, dispute resolution and litigation.
Testimonials
Awards and Recognition
THE LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC: AUSTRALIA - FinTech and Financial Services Regulatory, 2023 Edition
"As well as advising on the regulatory, compliance, and commercial arrangements pertinent to financial services providers, Piper Alderman's wide-ranging expertise extends to assisting with blockchain and cryptocurrency issues. Also in the fintech arena, Sydney-based Michael Bacina has been helming the firm’s burgeoning volume of NFT-related mandates. Shannon Adams heads up the overall practice group from the Adelaide office." | In the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Piper Alderman was recognised across 12 areas of law including FinTech and Financial Services Regulatory. A number of our team members were highlighted as recommended or key lawyers for this category, including: Shannon Adams, Michael Bacina, Andrea Beatty & Steven Pettigrove
THE BEST LAWYERS IN AUSTRALIA, 2024 EDITION
In the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia, 54 of Piper Alderman’s lawyers are recognised across 43 legal areas including the following, in which our Financial Services & FinTech team members were recognised for: Banking and Finance Law, Corporate / Governance practice, Financial Institutions & Regulatory Practice.
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS ASIA-PACIFIC GUIDE, 2024 EDITION
In the 2024 edition of the Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Guide, Piper Alderman has been recognised as a Band 4 ranked law firm for Financial Services Regulation, and Andrea Beatty has been recognised as a Band 3 ranked lawyer for Financial Services Regulation.
CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS FINTECH GUIDE, 2024 EDITION
In the 2024 edition of the Chambers and Partners FinTech Guide, Piper Alderman has been recognised as a Band 3 ranked law firm for FinTech Legal, Michael Bacina has been recognised as a Band 1 ranked lawyer for FinTech Legal.
Doyle's Guide
In the 2021 edition of Doyle's Guide, Piper Alderman has been recognised as a 'First Tier' Leading Banking & Finance law firm in South Australia, and Joshua Annese and Mark Gordon were recognised as Leading Banking & Finance lawyers in South Australia
AUSTRALASIAN LAWYER FAST FIRM 2023
Listed since 2021 as an Australasian Lawyer Fast Firm, recognising Australia's fastest growing law firms.