Associate
Sam Maxson advises clients across the fintech and payments ecosystem on their highest stakes strategic, regulatory and structuring matters.
Drawing on over a decade of experience, Sam leverages a deep understanding of the global regulatory landscape and market insight to provide pragmatic advice to emerging and established companies, financial institutions, investors, and governmental authorities on:
Having advised on industry-leading blockchain and digital assets matters since 2016, he was an early adopter of a fintech-first approach. Sam has guided many of the world’s most prominent businesses in the fintech and payments sectors on complex legal and regulatory challenges, as well as central banks and regulators on designing and implementing fintech and payments regulatory frameworks.
Sam also frequently provides specialist financial regulatory advice on fundraising, M&A, and capital markets matters involving fintech and financial services sector issuers and targets.
Sam unlocks the resources of the firm’s robust global platform to coordinate advice from Latham colleagues and local counsel around the world for clients, facilitating seamless access to leading international advice for clients in Asia and around the world.
A recognized leader at the firm, Sam is a member of the firm’s global Training and Career Enhancement Committee (TACE) and serves as the Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer for the Hong Kong office.
Before joining Latham, he practiced in the London office of another global law firm. During this time, he worked in Tokyo and completed secondments at a global investment bank and a global insurer
Sam’s experience includes advising on:
*Matter handled prior to joining 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.
Chambers and The Legal 500 recognize Latham’s deep global fintech capabilities and track record of landmark mandates.
Chambers and The Legal 500 recognize Latham’s deep global fintech capabilities and track record of landmark mandates.