Ema Uncovska

Ema’s experience includes advising:

• Coinbase on securing its EU MiCA license
• Shift4 Payments on its acquisition of Global Blue, a Switzerland-based specialty payments and technology platform enabling tax-free shopping, dynamic currency conversion, and payments solutions to large retail brands
• Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) on the sale of a majority stake in Worldpay, a UK-based provider of payment processing solutions, to GTCR
• Marex Group plc in its US$320 million IPO of 15,384,615 ordinary shares on Nasdaq
• Central Bank of Egypt on developing and drafting a bespoke legal and regulatory regime for payment systems, payments services, and FinTech to be adopted in that jurisdiction
• A number of cryptoasset trading platforms in relation to compliance with the UK financial promotions regime
• An open banking and payment initiation solutions provider on securing its UK Payment Institution authorization
• A number of leading Web3 investment funds and startups on consultation responses and government/regulator engagement in relation to designing the UK regulatory regime for cryptoassets, focusing on decentralization
• Payment service providers in relation to licensing applications and ongoing compliance pursuant to the PSRs and PSD2
• A leading global crypto business on a skilled-person review under section 166 of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and ongoing supervisory engagement with the FCA
• Multiple firms on registrations under money laundering regulations as cryptoasset service providers
• A DeFi crypto businesses on regulatory considerations relating to staking structures and services