Mock Georgiou, Maria

Maria Georgiou

Associate

maria.georgiou@lw.com
    Mock Georgiou, Maria

    Maria Georgiou

    Associate

    maria.georgiou@lw.com

    Profile

    Maria Georgiou is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Fintech Industry Group.

    Maria advises a range of clients including technology companies, financial institutions, payments service providers, cryptocurrency platforms, and e-money platforms on all aspects of financial regulation. 

    Maria trained in the firm’s London office and completed a secondment to the firm’s New York office, gaining experience in the Corporate and Banking departments, in addition to the Fintech Industry Group.

    Experience

    • Underwriters on regulatory aspects of Klarna’s US$1.37 billion IPO of 34,311,274 ordinary shares on the NYSE
    • Fidelity National Information Services on regulatory aspects of its:
      • Acquisition of the Issuer Solutions business of Global Payments, a payments technology company
      • Sale of a majority stake in Worldpay, a UK-based provider of payment processing solutions, to GTCR
    • Coinbase on securing its EU MiCA license
    • Shift4 Payments on regulatory aspects of its acquisitions of:
      • Global Blue, the leading specialty payments and technology platform enabling tax-free shopping, dynamic currency conversion, and payments solutions to large retail brands
      • Card Industry Professionals, a UK-based provider of card payment solutions
    • An open banking and payment initiation solutions provider on securing its UK Payment Institution authorisation
    • Sedgwick on regulatory aspects of its US$1 billion strategic investment from Altas Partners
    • Marex Group plc on regulatory aspects of its US$320 million IPO of 15,384,615 ordinary shares on Nasdaq
    • A number of cryptoasset trading platforms in relation to compliance with the UK financial promotions regime

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • LPC, BPP Law School, 2022
      Distinction
    • LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law, London School of Economics, 2021
      Merit
    • LLB, London School of Economics, 2020
      First Class Honours

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • Greek
    • French

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

    Law360
    February 20, 2025 Recognition

    Fintech Group of the Year: Latham

    Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.

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