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Fintech and Payments

With deep roots in Silicon Valley and a history of representing innovative companies, providing holistic support to disruptive technologies is in our DNA.

Why Cooley

  • Trusted advisers with a deep understanding of the fintech ecosystem to help clients navigate where innovation and the law collide

  • Comprehensive familiarity with the operational, business and regulatory challenges faced by disruptive industries, combined with unmatched practical experience meeting our clients’ needs at every stage of the company life cycle

  • Global practice that ensures seamless coordination across countries and jurisdictions, with an established presence in the fintech epicenters of London, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Asia, as well as the regulatory epicenters of Brussels and Washington, DC

  • Capabilities across a diverse range of products and services, including peer-to-peer and alternative lending, payments service providers and payment processors, merchant acquiring and payment processing, card issuing and program management, ecommerce and business-to-business (B2B) marketplace platforms, digital assets and cryptocurrency companies, money transmitters, mobile wallet providers, and private equity and venture funds

  • Cross-disciplinary and cross-practice support for fintech companies to cover the full spectrum of their legal needs

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Cooley has provided us with strong, quick, actionable guidance.

Chambers FinTech

Cooley has an excellent practice in digital payments and lending, especially in matters involving money transmission regulatory issues. The firm has expertise in technology and securities law, as well as blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation.

Chambers FinTech

Cooley has a great sense for the market and shares great insight and context that is helpful from both a business and legal perspective.

Chambers FinTech

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