Our Banking and Fintech team consists of highly skilled professionals that combine deep technical expertise with extensive practical experience in the industry.

Our team applies its multidisciplinary approach and technical expertise to provide financial market participants with top-tier regulatory advice.

We provide consulting services in various areas related to financial institutions and other entities supervised by the Central Bank of Brazil and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission.

We also provide strategic advice for developing new products and prepare legal opinions on issues involving innovative financial instruments.

Our Banking and Fintech practice involves:

• Legal assistance in setting up financial institutions and other supervised institutions, as well as obtaining authorizations from regulatory bodies

• Consultancy on compliance and supervision of current banking regulation

• Structuring of financial products and different payment methods

• Elaboration, negotiation and implementation of financial operations carried out by fintechs

• Advice on financing and other banking operations

• Assistance in the preparation of internal policies (Policy for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (PLDFT), Anti-Corruption Policy, background check policies for customers, suppliers and partners, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy)

• Advice on issues such as Open Finance, Real Digital (CBDC), and regulatory sandbox

• Legal and regulatory advice on foreign exchange issues
  
• Administrative litigation with the Central Bank of Brazil, the Appeals Council of the National Financial System (Conselho de Recursos do Sistema Financeiro Nacional – CRSFN), and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission