Financial Technology “FinTech”
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FinTech — a term used to describe organizations that leverage technology to create innovative financial products, services and business models — is revolutionizing the financial services landscape.
Kirkland’s FinTech practice consists of a global, sophisticated, and multidisciplinary team of lawyers with deep understanding of the financial and technology industries from our market-leading practices. Kirkland attorneys leverage their current and/or prior experience as government regulators, in-house lawyers, and outside counsel to industry trailblazers.
Our FinTech lawyers have a successful track record helping clients navigate the legal, business and regulatory issues associated with this sector, enabling them to successfully achieve their business objectives, protect their technology and intellectual property, create competitive advantages for their companies and investors, and navigate applicable regulatory frameworks. Kirkland’s collective experience ensures our lawyers are committed to developing creative, commercial, and constructive legal solutions for our clients.
Capabilities
M&A
Offering comprehensive counsel from acquisition to sale, Kirkland has advised clients in more than 200+ FinTech deals covering major sub-sectors in recent years.
Blockchain & Digital Assets
Kirkland’s FinTech Team has grown in step with the development of blockchain and digital assets. In fact, our multidisciplinary experience has enabled the deployment of this technology across multiple vertical markets.
Whether putting in place the relevant commercial and technology agreements, protecting intellectual property, resolving disputes, implementing inorganic growth strategies or overcoming regulatory challenges, Kirkland attorneys have cleared the path for the blockchain industrial revolution.
FinTech Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- Antitrust
- False Advertising
- Data Breach
- Contract Disputes
- Class Action
- Arbitration
- Consumer Privacy
Our Lawyers Have Worked in Government Agencies
CIA, CFTC, DOJ, FDIC, FinCen, FTC, OCC, SEC and others
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Our Interdisciplinary Team
includes attorneys from our market-leading practices across the Firm, see full list below