Meet the team

Financial Services & FinTech

Piper Alderman

Adelaide, Australia
+4 other locations
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • Brisbane, Australia
  • Perth, Australia
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Deals

BHF Solutions Pty Ltd

Advised and prepared contract documents to assist BHF Solutions in developing a new buy-now-pay-later product to restructure its product offering so as to not breach any product intervention orders made by ASIC.

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Cigno Pty Ltd, Gold-Silver Standard Finance Pty Ltd

Represented Cigno Pty Ltd in its Full Federal Court appeal against the Australian Securities and Investment Commission. Cigno in challenging
ASIC Corporations (Product Intervention Order—Short Term Credit) Instrument 2019/917, which is ASIC’s first use of its product intervention order power.

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D H Flinders Pty Ltd

Acted for D H Flinders in relation to Supreme Court proceedings against the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA).

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Ferratum Australia Pty Ltd

Represented Ferratum Australia Pty Ltd in Federal Court proceedings brought by ASIC, in which ASIC alleges that Ferratum had acted in breach of the National Credit Code in relation to prohibited fees, overcharging and breaches of the general conduct obligations.

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Fi-Fit Services Pty Ltd

Assisted Fi-Fit Services by drafting contracts for its proposed new product
and advising on how Fi-Fit Services could take security interests in
cryptocurrencies.

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Immutable Pty Ltd

Supporting Immutable’s Business Development team in their engagement by Digital Worlds NFTs to procure, negotiate and submit potential grant applications to Digital Worlds for approval in connection with projects
building to build on the Immutable X Protocol and deploy Non-Fungible Tokens within video games.

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Independent Reserve Pty Ltd

Provided commercial advice to one of the oldest and largest digital currency exchanges, conducting regulatory analysis of potential new products, cryptographic tokens and associated advice.

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Lygon 1B Pty Ltd (Lygon)

Advised on corporate, commercial, employment, strategic and fundraising matters and assisting in relation to Blockchain matters relevant to the business.

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Monochrome Asset ManagementPty Ltd

Advised Monochrome in relation to the establishment of a Bitcoin wholesale managed fund including preparing all fund documentation, advising on and considering issues of digital asset custody within a regulated fund structure.

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Oxen Foundation Ltd

Advised Oxen in relation to corporate governance and the ongoing development of their privacy centric and Blockchain based messaging service, Session.

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The HBar Foundation

Supporting the HBar Foundation in its grant program where grants are provided for businesses building carbon trading and other socially beneficial financial market systems.

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The Polygon Group Pty Ltd

Reviewed and advised on an updated version of The Polygon Group’s online application form, which is intended to be more user-friendly than The Polygon Group’s current application process.

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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.