“Martin Cook is an excellent partner for any fintech to work with. Thoughtful, reliable and quick he is the partner of choice for us and we would recommend anyone to work with him.”
Legal 500 UK, 2025
About
Martin is a technology, commercial and financial services lawyer, and is internationally recognised for his expertise. He leads the firm’s Financial Services practice and is a member of the firm’s technology sector group.
His clients range from fintech start-ups and scale-ups through to wealth platforms and global banking institutions where he advises on technology and strategic projects, outsourcing, international expansion, product and regulatory matters and risk management. He also enjoys working with technology, digital and e-commerce businesses across a wide range of sectors (including in retail, logistics, food and AI) on commercial, IP and data topics.
Martin is often invited to participate in industry and innovation activities, including as an appointee to UK government bodies and industry-led initiatives such as the UK Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) working group on Fintech and the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT).
He is recommended as a Global Leader in Fintech by Who’s Who Legal, the independent and comprehensively researched list of market leading lawyers globally. He is ranked as ‘Band 1’ for Fintech in Chambers & Partners’ independent legal directory, and is listed in Citywealth’s ‘Tech Top Ten’, a list of the leading lawyers for technology entrepreneurs.
Experience
- Leading wealth management platforms: Advising on technology and business process outsourcing, involving a transfer of material business functions and a long term supply of services.
- A new bank: Advising on all technology, commercial and contractual matters.
- Commercial and technology: Advising on the full range of commercial and technology legal work, including technology development.
- Regulatory change projects: Advising on the implementation of regulatory change projects driven by market opportunity or regulatory change, as well as advising on successful applications for regulatory authorisation.
- Overseas businesses: Advising on launching in the UK, including on proposition development and project execution.
- Payments, lending, data and AI market segments clients: Advising on the development of business and product propositions.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2002), Ireland (2019)
Areas of expertise
Sector focus
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