Fractional General Counsel and Specialist Regulatory Support

Specialist legal support for payments, e-money, fintech and crypto businesses – without the cost of building a full in-house legal team.

FM Legal can act as your Fractional General Counsel, providing both day-to-day commercial legal support and highly specialised regulatory advice.

We regularly work alongside in-house legal teams and external advisers, providing specialist payments and financial services expertise on matters requiring regulatory or sector-specific knowledge.

You will work directly with the same experienced partners throughout your engagement, giving you consistent advice from lawyers who understand your business, your commercial priorities and the regulatory environment in which you operate.

Specialist regulatory services

Our specialist regulatory services include:

Payments and e-money regulation
Licensing and regulatory applications
Product structuring and launches
Governance and compliance frameworks
Regulatory change
Consumer credit
AML and financial crime
Cryptoassets
Engagement with regulators

Commercial legal support

We can also support your wider legal needs, including:

Commercial contracts and customer terms
Supplier, technology and SaaS agreements
Outsourcing arrangements
Corporate governance and shareholder matters
Employment and consultancy agreements
Privacy and data protection
Intellectual property
Fundraising and commercial initiatives
Coordination of international projects and liaison with local counsel

International reach

Our work is truly global. We have advised major platforms and businesses operating across every continent. Through our carefully developed global network of trusted law firms, we can obtain specialist local advice wherever your business operates.

We manage and coordinate that advice, giving you a single point of contact while ensuring you continue to work directly with the same experienced FM Legal partners.

This enables us to support product launches, regulatory projects and business expansion across individual markets, multiple jurisdictions and entire regions