Payments M&A deals, multijurisdictional commercial contracts (such as merchant agreements), bank processing agreements and loyalty card agreements are core pillars of the practice at Alston & Bird LLP. Key names to note include Richard Willis and Robert Ardern, both of whom are key contacts for corporate transactions. Jonathan Garforth, who joined from Dentons in January 2024, and Gupinder Assi lead on a range of commercial work in the payments space.
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Clients clés
- Global Payments
- Euronet Worldwide, Inc. including epay
- U.S. Bank, including Elavon
- Paymentus
- TreviPay
- Nestfuel Limited
- ProjectPay Limited
- Aventus Network Services Limited
- Crucible Networks Limited
- Corvia Payments
Points forts
- Advised Global Payments in its payments joint venture with Commerzbank, which involves a jointly owned and operated entity to be licensed as a payment institution by the BaFin (German financial regulator).
- Advised Crucible Networks on its commercial collaboration with Futureverse and its funding round with Born Ready Ventures.
- Advised U.S. Bank / Elavon in its six (6) year and exclusive payment processing alliance relationship with BMO Canada and its US affiliate, BMO Bank, following the acquisition by BMO Bank of Elavon’s long-time payment processing partner, Bank of the West.
Avocats
Responsable de la pratique
Richard Willis; Jonathan Garforth; Gupinder Assi
Autres avocats clés
Robert Ardern; Lydia Rachianioti