About
Noah is a member of our financial services regulatory team in London and a member of our global Fintech group.
He advises a broad range of clients on financial services regulatory matters, encompassing both transactional and standalone advisory work. Noah has experience advising banks, financial market infrastructure, fintech companies, insurers, payment service providers and private capital institutions.
Prior to joining Freshfields, Noah completed his training contract at a US law firm in London.
Additional Information
Recent work includes advising:
- a large global tech company on the regulation of payment services
- a leading global cryptoasset firm on various strategic projects
- a leading global investment bank on Brexit related matters
- a leading Latin American bank on the regulation of its cryptoasset custody product
- Alpha Group on its £1.8bn recommended acquisition by Corpay
- Cinven on its majority investment in Grant Thornton UK
- CVC on its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam
- Standard Life on its proposed £2bn acquisition of Aegon UK
- State Street on its acquisition of Mizuho Financial Group’s securities services businesses in the US and Luxembourg
- Visa on the development and governance of new payment products
- Visa on the Payment Systems Regulator's market reviews into cross-border interchange fees and scheme and processing fees
Noah Schmidt
Associate
London Office
100 Bishopsgate
London EC2P 2SR