People Simon Deane-Johns

Simon Deane-Johns

Consultant

Simon is a consultant solicitor specialising in FinTech regulatory and commercial work, including e-money and payment services, P2P lending, crowdfunding and data services.

“I advise both payment services providers and large merchants, have advised on the launch of many innovative start-ups and am involved in assessing various potential applications of distributed ledger technology. In addition to my many years in private practice, I have previously consulted at Amazon and WorldPay and led legal teams at GE and Earthport. I also chair the Media Board of the Society for Computers and Law and speak and write regularly on financial technology, including recent coverage of the new Payment Services Directive (PSD2).”