Ashurst invites applications for the Fintech Legal Labs accelerator

Members of the 2023 Fintech Legal Labs cohort – which are still open for applications – will benefit from tailored legal and commercial expertise, dedicated feedback and unparalleled access to the new partners, including Lloyds Banking Group and BDO.

Running over three days, the program takes a legally-led approach to the key topics relevant to Fintech businesses, offering participating businesses opportunities to have their specific legal questions answered, as well as to develop connections with a wide range of legal and business experts and thought leaders which operates in the Fintech area. Through partnership, Fintech Legal Labs and the six industry leaders will enable growth and investment in Fintech companies, ensuring they have the right legal, technological and governance infrastructure in place to meet future challenges.

The six new partners consist of:
• Aon: dedicated to helping clients meet unmet or unmet needs arising from today’s rapidly changing, increasingly complex and interconnected challenges. Aon focuses on unmet needs in four key areas: Navigating new forms of volatility, building a resilient workforce, rethinking access to capital and addressing the underserved, and offering strong intellectual property expertise.
• BDO: offers services in tax, audit, insurance, consultancy and business outsourcing, and provides a wealth of knowledge in innovation and tax incentives for R&D.
• FINTECH Circle: a global platform of more than 216,000+ Fintech entrepreneurs, investors, financial professionals, academic and public representatives and solution providers.
• Lloyds Banking Group: a specialist Fintech Investment team from the UK’s largest retail and commercial finance provider, dedicated to helping bring innovative solutions to market while contributing to the growth of Fintech companies.
• Lumi: a design partner for product-led startups, set up with the goal of helping technology startups tackle the important challenges ahead. Lumi works primarily in climate technology, mental wellbeing, finance and social enterprises, and aims to build technologies and companies that help people and the planet thrive.
• TechPassport: connect financial institutions and FinTechs when needed. The only marketplace for enterprise-ready FinTechs.

Global co-head of Fintech Legal Labs, Tara Waters, commented:
“We are truly excited to partner with such an innovative group of industry leaders who are as committed to supporting the Fintech ecosystem as we are. Our new partners will help us expand the program’s relevance to up-and-coming Fintechs as they seek to navigate the the complex and evolving industry, the program is set to be a fantastic platform to bring together companies and experts from across the Fintech industry to collaborate and create lasting partnerships.

Fintech Legal Labs is an important program that equips participants with critical tools by helping them access a wide range of Fintech industry expertise, and the opportunity to connect up-and-coming innovators and existing leading institutions is hugely beneficial for all involved.”

Applications to join the third cohort of Ashurst’s Fintech Legal Labs are still open and can be accessed here.