Led by the 'very experienced and commercial' Kristi Swartz, DLA Piper has an excellent perspective for clients throughout the fintech ecosystem, ensuring that it is well-placed to advise incumbent financial services entities and fintech providers across the spectrum of structuring, licensing and corporate governance issues. Swartz's deep knowledge in the area has also been recognised by clients outside Hong Kong, including the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, which she is working with to establish the Emirate’s virtual asset specific regulatory framework.
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'The collaborative approach of working with clients is greatly appreciated and the team at the firm is remarkable in terms of client servicing and being subject matter experts.’
'The responsive team is eager to understand client's business needs and concerns, and capable of providing feasible solutions to address them.'
‘Kristi Swartz is very experienced and commercial.'
‘Kristi Swartz has deep understanding about the regulatory landscape and the requirements of various jurisdictions in the fintech area. She has good commercial sense and always offers feasible solutions to address our business needs and concerns.'
Key clients
- NewBX Limited
- Boston Consulting Group International
- ALT Capital Pte. Ltd.
- Web3 Harbour Limited
- SoFi Securities (Hong Kong) Limited
- LORA Technologies Limited
- Transak HK Limited
- Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)
- Hashkey Capital Limited
- China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited
Work highlights
Worked with Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority as its exclusive global legal advisor on the creation of the Emirate’s virtual asset specific regulatory framework.
Representing Hashkey Capital on a bundled application for (i) waiver of the licensing condition that restricts HashKey from servicing retail investors; (ii) a responsible officer licensing application and (iii) sought the SFC’s consent for HashKey to manage the VA Spot ETFs as sub-manager to Bosera.
Advising NewBX Limited on their licensing application to become a virtual asset trading platform (VATP) under the regulatory regime of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).
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Practice head
Kristi Swartz
Other key lawyers
Ryan Chan; Jen Lee