General Counsel in fintech roundtable
We were delighted to host another General Counsel breakfast roundtable for legal leaders in the fintech sector.
The discussion was led by our expert guest speaker, Martin Cook, Partner at Burges Salmon, and covered the following points:
- Growing a global legal team
- ESG in fintech with a particular focus on the S&G part, which can sometimes receive less emphasis or attention compared to the environmental aspect
- Regulatory developments
- Audience Q&A
The session took place at:
Manicomio City
6 Gutter Lane
London EC2V 8AS
MEET THE SPEaker
Partner (Fintech and Technology)
Burges Salmon
Martin is a technology and financial services lawyer, who is particularly recognised for his work in the fintech and tech sectors. Martin offers a unique perspective and expertise having worked in numerous roles, including starting at Slaughter and May through to growing legal teams at Funding Circle, where he ran the global legal and regulatory affairs team, and WorldRemit (now Zepz) as General Counsel and Group CoSec, looking after legal, risk and the board. Now back in private practice as a partner at the leading UK independent firm, Burges Salmon, Martin works with a range of clients from start-ups and scale-ups through to FTSE 100 and internationally significant financial institutions.
Martin is ranked as a “tier 1” lawyer for fintech, was recognised in the “Tech Top Ten” lawyers for entrepreneurs and is one of a few UK based lawyers recognised globally in the independently researched “Who’s Who Legal” listing of fintech lawyers.
