Characterised by its ‘expertise, industry understanding and customer focus‘, Bird & Bird's fintech practice has experience spanning innovative payment services, blockchain technology, and new lending platforms. The team has particular expertise regarding e-banking and e-finance, supporting high-profile clients in their fintech-related businesses. At the helm of the practice, Scott McInnes is an expert in payment regulations and competition law matters in the payments sector, assisting payment service providers, international merchants and platforms. Cathie-Rosalie Joly is a go-to for clients developing their presence across Europe and Central and Western Africa, and Julien Sad is recommended for advice on anti-money laundering regulation.

DLA Piper‘s finance services and insurance sector team draws on expertise from the firm's finance, projects, litigation, corporate, and IP teams to support clients in the fintech sector. Its workload spans authorisation and compliance matters, transactional and product advice, as well as investigations and enforcement. Pierre Berger heads the team, specialising in fintech innovation and advising on blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and digital transformation for financial services clients. Michaël Heene is a key name from the corporate M&A team, while Nicolas Kalokyris brings financial services experience, often assisting financial actors looking to offer new products. For financial regulatory advice, Marie Goossens is a go-to.

The fintech team at Simont Braun ‘works at the cutting edge of fintech and truly knows the industry’, assisting financial service providers in regulatory, legal, and compliance matters. Team co-heads Joan Carette and Philippe De Prez are ‘stellar advisors‘, Carette leveraging extensive regulatory experience along with in depth knowledge of the tech and data sectors in her work for fintech clients, while de Prez often supports high profile international financial service providers in their arrival onto the Belgian market. Thomas Derval, also a key name in the team, has a particular focus on alternative and sustainable financial services models and is experienced with neobanks and crowdfunding.

The fintech practice group at A&O Shearman is made up of regulatory, data protection, cybersecurity and corporate specialists, together offering expertise in technology transactions, data security, and intellectual property matters. At the helm of the practice, Filip Van Elsen is a technology transaction expert specialising in emerging technologies including blockchain matters. Sylvia Kierszenbaum heads the financial regulatory team and is well versed in both, fintech and insur-tech. Niels De Waele is another key contact.

The ‘agile, highly available and well-attuned’ fintech team at Baker McKenzie CVBA/SCRL combines the strength of the firm’s financial services regulatory and IPTech practices, with established expertise in consumer law, contract law, IT and IP, and data security. Its experience with Belgian regulators is paired with international reach, often advising start-ups and scale-ups. Practice head Olivier Van Den Broeke is praised for his ‘innovative solutions’, working closely with finance specialist Michael Van Acker and IT, IP, and new technology go-to Elisabeth Dehareng.

The multidisciplinary fintech team from CMS draws on the firm’s banking and finance, IT & telecom, and digital teams. Its particular strength lies in matters related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain-backed financial services. Benoît Vandervelde is particularly focused on regulatory advice for payment service providers, fintech companies, banks, and insurance companies, including on Belgian market entries. Vandervelde co-heads the team with Dirk Van Liedekerke, who specialises in electronic communications and EU and Belgian competition law, and Tom De Cordier, who brings a focus on data privacy law.

Linklaters‘ fintech group has established strength in the digital payments space, advising both longstanding players and new entrants. Its makeup, with experts from corporate, financial regulation, TMT, litigation, and IP teams, provides the team with wide-ranging expertise: its experience includes blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Etienne Dessy heads the financial regulation team, leading the fintech offering alongside data protection go-to Guillaume Couneson and Andreas Van Impe, who specialises in innovative digital tools in the fintech market.

Praised for its ‘capacity to combine expertise knowledge with a pragmatic approach’, Timelex‘s fintech offering combines deep regulatory expertise with a comprehensive dispute resolution offering to advise fintech companies on compliance, cybersecurity, blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency innovation. Team head Edwin Jacobs stands out for his ‘knowledge of the EU payments landscape’.