Linklaters LLP’s fintech practice regularly acts for global financial institutions, challenger banks, payment service providers, e-money issuers, and technology companies. The practice advises fintech clients on investment, M&A, joint ventures and technology contracts. The team handles funding matters from seed rounds through IPOs and SPACs, and provides counsel on payments infrastructure, outsourcing and emerging payment technologies. Julian Cunningham-Day, co-head of the global fintech team, has over 25 years’ experience advising on technology projects in regulated industries, covering blockchain, cloud, AI, and digital transformation initiatives for major banks and technology clients. Fionnghuala Griggs specialises in cross-border public and private M&A, governance and fintech joint ventures, with recent mandates across payments, DLT platforms and banking consolidation. Lisa Chang, UK head of the technology sector group, advises on M&A, fundraising, and strategic investments.
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Key clients
- UK Finance Limited
- Galaxy Digital
- Warburg Pincus LLC
- Hg Pooled Management Limited
- Interactive Brokers
- HSBC
- Bloomberg
- UBS
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Sainsbury’s Bank
- Schroders
Work highlights
Advised Warburg Pincus on its acquisition of a minority equity stake in UTB Partners Plc, the holding company of United Trust Bank.
Advised UK Finance in providing legal support in relation to the experimentation phase of the regulated liability network (RLN) project.
Advised on a global fintech agreement between HSBC and InteractiveBrokers in respect of the use of an innovative technology platform, that is designed to support HSBC’s WorldTrader product.
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Julian Cunningham-Day, Harry Eddis, Fionnghuala Griggs, Richard Hay