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Fintech: regulatory

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Alston & Bird LLP

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Alston & Bird LLP is active in blockchain regulatory work, including prediction markets, and regularly advises clients on emerging payment models, data privacy, and consumer protection across the UK, EU, and US. Clients include crypto-asset service providers, cloud-based web developers, payments and e-commerce start-ups, and banking disruptor firms. The team is co-led by the ‘client-focused and proactive’ Jonathan Garforth, who advises on the full spectrum of fintech regulation, and Richard Willis, who brings over two decades of experience advising payments clients across global markets. Garforth continues to advise on credit, payments, and digital assets, including regulatory structuring for high-profile fintech-bank partnerships. Counsel Gupinder Assi advises on payments and crypto regulation, drawing on prior in-house experience at First Data.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The firm is extremely strong in payments regulatory advice and M&A. With its strong presence in the US market, the London firm acts as a stepping stone for clients that want to enter the UK and EU markets.’

  • ‘Jonathan Garforth is extremely knowledgeable on payments, regulatory, and hands-on. When he was at Dentons, I had the pleasure of working with Jonathan, and will keep doing so.’

  • ‘They really know their stuff in this rapidly emerging and high-risk sector, and provide good client service and value for money. We have found them a pleasure to deal with. ’

  • ‘Jonathan Garforth is excellent - knows his stuff and is very hands-on, client-focussed and proactive.’

  • 'Led by a committed, passionate and technically impressive partner, in Jonathan Garforth. The team understands fintech regulation from a truly global perspective and provides innovative solutions to clients.'

Key clients

  • TreviPay
  • PayPal
  • Capital One
  • Euronet/ epay
  • Astra Asset Management (Nestfuel group company)
  • Pauzible
  • ProjectPay
  • Truth Network Foundation
  • Galactic Media Management
  • Aventus Network Services Limited
  • Crucible Networks Limited
  • Enigmatic Smile/ Fidel
  • US Bank/ Elavon

Work highlights

Advised TreviPay on its strategic B2B e-commerce partnership with HSBC., following similar work for TreviPay re Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP).
Launching fintech start-up Pauzible to the UK market in late Summer 2024, demonstrating the early-stage side of our fintech regulatory practice.
Advised Galactic Media on its prediction market collaboration with Sports Illustrated.

Practice head

Richard Willis; Jonathan Garforth; Gupinder Assi