CMS

‘A rare blend of top-tier legal expertise and deep commercial understanding of the fintech space,’ CMS' London fintech practice works with global technology providers, high-growth startups, VCs, and major cloud services providers across the full fintech spectrum — covering payments, digital assets, embedded finance, regtech, insurtech, platform-based lending, cloud outsourcing, AI deployment, and digital identity. Housing a number of venture capital specialists, the team regularly acts for high-profile VC funds and corporate VC divisions across funding rounds. In the growth finance and venture debt sector, the team has advised on over £1bn in debt funding for fintech platforms and supported the launch of 15 products across embedded lending, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL), and insurance. Anthony Waller co-leads the fintech and venture capital groups, advising investors and high-growth companies across all funding rounds from early stage to exit. A specialist in emerging tech, Charles Kerrigan has ’a first-rate handle of Web3 and digital innovation‘, with a strong focus on crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and tokenisation, having advised over 150 cryptoasset clients to date. Co-head of the fintech practice, Ian Stevens advises on cloud re-platforming, open banking, and commercialisation for scale-ups. Louis Glass, head of tech-sector M&A, supports payments and crypto clients, with a specialism in e-commerce transactions, while Tom Jameson advises wealth asset management platforms and acts for leading scale-ups.