European AI regulation; SPACs in the FinTech sector; the UK and FinTech post-Brexit

Episode 2 (May 2021): European AI regulation; SPACs in the FinTech sector; the UK and FinTech post-Brexit

This month we’re joined by:

• Jay Modrall (Partner, Antitrust and competition, Brussels) and Peter McBurney (Co-head of Technology Consulting, London) who discuss the potential impact of the recently proposed European AI regulation;
• Tom Vita (Partner, Corporate finance, London) and Trevor Pinkerton (Partner, Corporate, Houston) who talk about the increasing use of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in the FinTech sector and why a SPAC might be a viable alternative to a IPO; and
• Hannah Meakin (Partner and co-head of FinTech regulation, London), Albert Weatherill (Counsel, Financial services regulation, London) and Matthew Gregory (Counsel, Financial services regulation, London) who consider what makes the UK an attractive market for FinTechs to expand into and the related regulatory considerations.

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