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FinTech

To serve the fast growing FinTech industry, Simonsen Vogt Wiig has put together an expert FinTech team.

Our strong cross-practice FinTech team leverages on its deep roots in technology and financial services regulatory law, as well as intellectual property in order to provide comprehensive, integrated and credible FinTech legal services to a wide array of incumbents, traditional players, disruptors, collaborators and fledgling start-ups.

We have strategically positioned ourselves at the centre of the dynamic and growing Norwegian FinTech sector. We regularly network, host events, author articles, and have established a strong client base through our market-leading technology practice. Coupled with our strength in financial services regulatory law, telecommunications law, IP law and data protection law, our cross-practice FinTech services are a particular draw for payments and digital currency clients.

Our services cover legal advice on both national and EU/EEA legislation applicable to all aspects of the FinTech industry. This includes regulatory advice relating to payment services (PSD2), card schemes, tokenization, GDPR, crowdfunding/crowdlending, technological infrastructure (amongst others biometrical payment cards which will be a disruptive technology), issuance of digital currency/ICOs, operational systems, consumer protection, data privacy, cyber risk, intellectual property and cryptocurrency mining.

The #1 FinTech team in Norway

Simonsen Vogt Wiig is the only law firm in Norway top-ranked by the leading international publication Chambers and Partners.

To me, what stood out was their sincerity - they have a genuine passion.

- Chambers and Partners

Simonsen Vogt Wiig is the most entrepreneurial-minded FinTech law firm in Norway. When it comes to technology, SVW is the number one.

- Chambers and Partners

Core contacts

Morten's FinTech practice is characterised by his work assisting both start-ups and incumbents entering the Norwegian market, particularly in the payments space. He also advises widely upon the implications of PSD2. Morten is ranked Band 1 in FinTech by Chambers and Partners.
Espen’s client roster is diverse and includes established market participants as well as early-stage start-ups in the cryptocurrency and payments space. He regularly advises on new technology ventures, mature ventures in biometric technology, mobile players entering the payments space, as well as the implications of PSD2.