Trademark Disputes
United Kingdom
29 August 2025
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP advises clients across the fintech sector, drawing on experience in banking, finance, and emerging technologies to support tech developers, financial institutions, insurance companies, and private equity firms on transactions, regulation, and commercial matters. Typical mandates for the group include fintech M&A, financing, outsourcing, IP, data privacy, and cybersecurity, with particular expertise supporting structured transactions involving marketplace loans and consumer credit. Steven Lightstone co-leads the firm’s global fintech group, advising a mix of asset managers, payment firms, and investment banks on regulation, blockchain, capital requirements, and securitisation. Mike Pierides, global deputy leader of the technology transactions practice, advises on technology outsourcing, SaaS, AI, and digital payments. Robert Mailer focuses on private fund formation and fundraising for technology-focused investors, including those active in fintech and AI. He also advises on manager spinouts and fund governance matters.
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Key clients
- 1991 Ventures
- Allvue Systems LLC
- Arkham Intelligence
- Bullish
- Enfusion Ltd. LLC
- ExtraHop Networks Inc.
- Insurtech Gateway
- Integration Appliance, Inc.
- Kingsbridge Risk Solutions Limited
- NATO Innovation Fund
- NTT Global Networks Incorporated
- OneSpan Inc.
Work highlights
Advised multiple clients on implementation of the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), including strategic advice on compliance implementation, preparation of standard form contractual documentation and negotiation of terms with counterparties.
Advised 1991 Ventures LLP on the formation, launch and first closing of its debut private fund, a sector-agnostic seed venture fund to invest in Ukraine and the broader CEE region with a focus on data, deeptech, govtech, civic tech, cybersecurity, fintech, mobility, and smart city.
Advised Kingsbridge with respect to their IR35 compliance solution, and on the negotiation of software-as-a-service agreements, influencer agreements, introducer agreements, template terms and conditions, and data privacy advice and documentation.
Practice head
Steven Lightstone
Other key lawyers
Robert Mailer, Mike Pierides