DLA Piper

DLA Piper advises on transactional and regulatory matters across the financial services, payments fintech sectors. Samantha O’Brien, a name to note for major financial institutions and innovative fintech players, has extensive expertise in product regulation, design and distribution, as well as the sale and transfer of insurance and financial services businesses. She oversees the practice with Dylan Burke, who advises clients at all stages of the corporate life cycle, from early-stage start-ups to public companies. Jon Ireland heads the funds team, while Ann-Marie Coleman advises on regulatory reforms, licensing, product development and distribution models, as well as breach response and remediation programmes.