Collyer Bristow LLP’s fintech practice covers regulatory, commercial, and digital asset matters, acting for a broad range of fintech clients from fund managers, payments providers, and crypto exchanges to FX platforms and blockchain ventures, as well as institutional investors and family offices. The team is also active in shaping crypto policy, advising on the UK’s financial promotions regime, stablecoin regulation, and anti-money laundering compliance. Head of financial services, Nigel Brahams, brings deep sector expertise, with experience advising on a number of crypto and blockchain projects. Recently joining the team as a partner in January 2025, transactional IP lawyer Sarah Coe brings further in-house experience, bolstering the team’s derivatives, commercial IP, and SaaS credentials.
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Testimonials
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‘Nigel Brahams, the partner with whom we worked, had an excellent knowledge of the sector which he applied to great effect.’
‘The support our ongoing work to challenge regulatory developments in the digital asset and crypto space, and have a depth of knowledge and experience that is valuable to our organisation’
Key clients
- Afonso
- CEBR
Work highlights
Advising FXCM on reviewing their terms of business and this year provided a legal opinion explaining their business in support of their plans to expand to a new continent.
Practice head
Nigel Brahams
Other key lawyers
Sarah Coe