Christina Fleming

I'm a senior associate in the Commercial Group, based in London. I specialise in technology transactions with a particular focus on fintech and the financial services sector.

I regularly advise on new products and business models in the financial services space, with expertise in areas such as blockchain, open banking, payments technology, cryptoassets, cryptocurrency, NFTs and open source software.

My practice area includes advising on technology contracts such as SaaS agreements, software licensing/implementation, maintenance, development and systems integration contracts. I also have expertise in software development, payments and API integration agreements, supply and e-commerce arrangements, online platforms, outsourcing arrangements, intellectual property licensing and digital content, as well as associated issues such as data protection compliance and consumer law.

I also have in-house experience working on secondment at a FTSE 250 television broadcaster in the online and on-demand legal team, with responsibility for negotiating technology agreements for the online video on-demand service.

I'm a member of RegTech Women.

• Acting for a global consumer lifestyle brand on the negotiation of a merchant services agreement with a payment services provider for the provision of card acquiring services across the EMEA.
• Drafting and negotiating software as a service (SaaS) terms and conditions for the asset management platform of a leading investment manager.
• Drafting an agreement for the provision of an online communications platform for a financial technology solutions provider to institutional clients across a global corporate bond network to facilitate DCM deal flows.
• Advising a global consumer lifestyle brand on a range of e-commerce, advertising and marketing arrangements, including arrangements to facilitate digital online sales across partner platforms.
• Advising a global financial services firm on a collaboration and services agreement with a third-party institutional brokerage to provide brokerage and execution services to clients of the third-party brokerage, involving the secondment of SMCR approved persons and the sharing of technology infrastructure and markets data.