Hugo is a Managing Associate in the Innovation department and part of the Technology Transactions Group.
Hugo has experience of negotiating complex, and often international, technology transactions with a particular focus on FinTech. Hugo generally advises and supports clients who are technology suppliers provisioning their products and services to highly regulated financial institutions (including Tier 1 Global Banks to Hedge Funds and Insurance Brokers).
Hugo supports and assists his clients wherever their transactions may be – and regularly deals with US, European, South African, Japanese and Australasian financial institutions. Hugo works in tandem with, and as an extension to, his clients' internal stakeholders from C-Suite, Sales, Legal and Technical departments to provide pragmatic, timely and focussed support, and is a trusted advisor relied upon by clients across transactions.
Hugo's experience on technology and outsourcing transactions includes handling large scale, complex outsourcings, software development, licensing and maintenance, SaaS and PaaS transactions and contracts for cloud services.
Hugo is adept at making the complex simple and finding practical solutions to the complexities of a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Key Experience
- Advising on all commercial arrangements for a software-as-a-service cloud banking platform for challenger banks and financial institutions – engaging with financial institutions in the UK, US and APAC.
- Acting for a leading RegTech Platform on all their negotiations into financial institutions, law firms and other regulated entities on a PaaS basis – primarily against Tier 1 US and UK banks.
- Negotiating all global commercial contracts for a financial services payments business, often working with their cross-border payment service.
- Supporting a fast-growth fraud detection and payment authentication business on a range of commercial matters, having advised them from the very early days of their growth journey.
- Advising suppliers of SaaS solutions selling into Tier 1 banks and other financial institutions (investment banks, private equity and consumer/retail banking divisions).
- Advising on and running commercial licensing deals for a software platform into investment banks and equities teams, for middle office operations and processing, on a global basis.
Career History
Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Senior Associate, Taylor Vinters
Associate, Taylor Vinters
Trainee Solicitor, Taylor Vinters
BPP University, Legal Practice Course
BPP University, Graduate Diploma in Law
University of York, BSc Geography (2011 - 2014)