
Baker McKenzie’s fintech offering straddles cryptocurrency, data protection, tokenisation and financial services regulatory matters, and the team also supports clients on high-value corporate transactions with notable expertise in cross-border mandates. The group’s client list primarily comprises financial institutions, global tech giants, start-ups, and alternative financing platforms. Gabriel Gómez Giglio heads up the practice, with his expertise covering a diverse range of regulatory compliance work, often advising blockchain, cryptocurrency, and digital payment companies on regulatory, licensing, and tokenisation issues. Francisco Fernández Rostello is noted for his work in domestic and international banking and finance matters, with recent involvement in providing regulatory advice on digital payment systems. The partners are supported by associate Jerónimo Juan Argonz, who often advises major domestic and international tech clients on regulatory, foreign exchange regulation, and data protection issues, as well as associate Juana Bardin who joined the team in October 2025. Associate Catalina Beñatena further supports the team, with particular knowledge of platform-based lending, financial services regulation, and cybersecurity issues.
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Key clients
- Google Inc.
- Wells Fargo
- The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
- Tencent Holdings Limited
- Prisma Medios de Pago
- Payway
- PayPal
- Payoneer
- PagoNxt (Fintech payment solution of Santander Group)
- Newpay
- NCR Corporation
- Meta
Work highlights
Advised Tencent Holdings Limited on a $300m strategic investment in Ualá, structuring convertible promissory notes under New York law and coordinating multijurisdictional corporate, regulatory and governance matters across Argentina, Uruguay and the Cayman Islands.
Provided comprehensive regulatory counsel on payment‑services compliance for Google Pay in Argentina, mapping Central Bank requirements, consumer‑protection duties and PSP‑related operational risks to support product development and local deployment.
Advised Ebanx on cross‑border payment‑acquiring operations, covering PSP registration, AML/FT compliance, foreign‑exchange constraints and regulatory exposure across local collection, settlement and FX‑conversion flows to enable compliant scaling of regional merchant services.
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Practice head
Gabriel Gómez Giglio
Other key lawyers
Francisco Fernández Rostello; Jerónimo Juan Argonz; Juana Bardin; Catalina Beñatena

