DLA Piper
DLA Piper is a global law firm capable of taking care of the most important legal needs of clients wherever they do business. With offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than virtually any other law firm in the world.
Our multi-disciplinary team around the world leverages the technology experience of our corporate, financial markets, financial services, regulatory, employment, tax and intellectual property and technology practices to offer integrated, full service legal solutions to assist our financial services and technology sector clients navigate the increasingly complex environment at the intersection of transactions, technology and regulation.
In addition to providing quality legal advice, DLA Piper has a supportive culture founded on the diversity of our people, the communities we operate in and the clients we work with. We continue to support our clients and contacts through cross-selling, introductions from known networks and development of networking opportunities – of particular benefit to growing and disruptive fintech market players.
Key legal services we offer in fintech include:
Startup best practice: Advising entrepreneurs, including on a number of unicorns, on best practice across the startup lifecycle.
Employment advice: Advising on the full range of employment matters relevant to fintech market players and disruptive businesses.
Venture capital: Acting for leading global VC funds globally and acting for companies to raising e-capital from VC funds.
Tech IPOs: We draw on leading global venture capital expertise and networks unavailable to other Australian firms, enabling VC funding to be explored alongside an IPO.
IP strategy: Advising on all aspects of IP registration, protection and defence.
Tech M&A: Advising on high profile and complex tech M&A.
Corporate venture and innovation: Pre-eminent advisors to corporate venture and innovation teams globally.
Dispute resolution: Advising on the full range of litigation services and meeting client needs in regulatory, public policy and enforcement areas.
Global expansion: Advising on all aspects of global expansion for tech companies.
Fund establishment: ESVCLP and corporate venture fund expertise.
We can leverage our international network:
A key point of difference in our service offering to fintechs is that, as a global law firm, we are able to leverage not just our extensive experience around the world, but in particular for fintech, our deep heritage in Silicon Valley. Our venture capital and technology practice sets us apart to provide the best advice and support to fintech businesses of all sizes. We are firmly focused on providing best practice global transaction and legal support from the US and elsewhere so that our innovative and entrepreneurial clients can grow their business.
Key Policy Working Groups
DLA Piper is active in the following policy working groups:
Payments Policy Working Group
Open Data Policy Working Group
Main point of contact
Joel Cox
Joel is one of Australia’s most active advisors to technology companies of all sizes from startups through to multi-nationals and an advisor to many technology focused venture capital funds in the Asia Pacific region. This includes Joel advising many of Australia’s fastest growing technology companies, including SaaS, financial services technology, ecommerce and cloud companies. Joel has considerable experience advising on all aspects of public and private company M&A, equity capital markets transactions and private equity and venture capital transactions.
Resources
Accelerate
Through Accelerate, DLA Piper provides entrepreneurs with easy to read materials that clearly explain key legal and business issues every founder of a company should know. Our materials help founders learn about issues commonly faced at formation; understand strategies for protecting a company’s intellectual property crown jewels; get a handle on the essentials of good corporate housekeeping and employment and equity compensation considerations; and consider key issues around fundraising and liquidity.
Accelerate provides resources that support global expansion, even for companies in the earliest stages. We also offer tools that enable entrepreneurs to generate commonly used documents for free on their own time in a self-service way. Through this portal, entrepreneurs can partner with DLA Piper’s emerging growth team to accelerate formation, growth and expansion.