Simpson Grierson

About

Simpson Grierson is a New Zealand commercial law firm with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Its fintech practice draws on its banking and finance team and advises on New Zealand financial services regulation, digital payments, financial markets licensing, data protection and technology law. This covers Reserve Bank policies such as the BS11 outsourcing policy, payment and settlement system law, anti-money laundering law, financial markets law and financial adviser rules, including those on robo-advice. The firm has advised fintech businesses on products including blockchain and distributed ledger platforms, peer-to-peer lending, payments and currency exchange, and its listed work includes advising on the establishment of Harmoney's licensed peer-to-peer lending service. Recent work described on its site includes advising a Singapore-based company on launching an online payments platform in New Zealand.