Lauren Chapple is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Fintech Industry Group. She 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.
Lauren mentors aspiring lawyers as part of the GROW network, bringing together students and professionals in legal technology industries to discover the potential of new innovations and growing trends.
Prior to joining the firm, Lauren trained in-house at Revolut, the UK’s largest fintech company, where she gained direct and practical insight in the fintech industry.
Experience
Lauren’s experience includes advising:
FTMO on the acquisition of OANDA Global Corporation, the online trading group
Coinbase on obtaining its Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration in the United Kingdom
FIS on regulatory aspects of its completed sale of a majority stake in Worldpay to GTCR
Binance.US on its acquisition of Voyager Assets
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
England and Wales (Solicitor)
Education
LLM in Legal Practice, BPP Law School, 2021 Merit
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Westminster, 2018 2:1
Master in Public Health, University of Nova Southeastern University, 2016 First Class Honours
BSc in Business Administration, University of Nova Southeastern University, 2013 2:1
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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