Fintech and Financial Regulation
From the FinTech and Financial Regulation practice area of ECIJA, we offer complete and strategic legal advice to both operators who are betting on financial technology (FinTechs), as well as the traditional financial sector. The years of experience of our team in the regulator and the financial sector allow us to understand, in a privileged way, the way of thinking of the supervisory authorities and the main challenges inthe sector, which makes possible to offer informed, incisive and innovative legal advice.
Services
• Expert advice on FinTech (crowdfunding, robo-advice, Initial Coin Offerings – ICOs, Open Banking, blockchain, cryptocurrencies)
• Advice on financial regulation and legislation implementation projects (MiFID, PSDII, IDD, PRIIPs, AML, MAD, UCITS, AIFMD, EMIR, MMF, SFTR, CMD, Crowdfunding)
• Advice on financial regulation in Portugal
• Licensing process, registrations and authorizations
• Advice on the submission of applications to integrate a Sandbox / Innovation Hub
• Regulatory Compliance
• Training programs on financial regulation
• Processing of inspection procedures or sanctions before national or European supervisory entities
Entities
• FinTechs
• Credit institutions
• Companies that provide investment services
• Entities that provide payment services and electronic money
• Insurance companies
• Investment funds
• Issuers
• Risk Capital
• Start-ups
