Juan Azel
Banking and Finance Law
Banking and Finance Law
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Juan counsels and assists financial institutions and FinTech companies on the development, implementation, and execution of sound, comprehensive risk management frameworks—including tailored consumer and financial crime compliance management systems (CMS)—that identify, manage and effectively mitigate the risks associated with the development, offering, and delivery of cutting-edge FinTech products and services, such as marketplace lending (MPL) and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL), banking-as-a-service (BaaS), cards, payments, and digital assets, whether conducted directly or through third-party relationships. Juan counsels and assists financial institutions and FinTech companies on the development, implementation, and execution of sound, comprehensive risk management frameworks—including tailored consumer and financial crime compliance management systems (CMS)—that identify, manage and effectively mitigate the risks associated with the development, offering, and delivery of cutting-edge FinTech products and services, such as marketplace lending (MPL) and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL), banking-as-a-service (BaaS), cards, payments, and digital assets, whether conducted directly or through third-party relationships. Juan counsels and assists financial institutions and FinTech companies on the development, implementation, and execution of sound, comprehensive risk management frameworks—including tailored consumer and financial crime compliance management systems (CMS)—that identify, manage and effectively mitigate the risks associated with the development, offering, and delivery of cutting-edge FinTech products and services, such as marketplace lending (MPL) and buy-now-pay-later (BNPL), banking-as-a-service (BaaS), cards, payments, and digital assets, whether conducted directly or through third-party relationships.
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Mark Reed
I engaged Mr. Azel at Winston & Strawn to assist my small FinTech startup with a regulatory compliance review for a new payment product. His deep knowledge of financial services regulation law, built over 27 years, was immediately apparent. He efficiently identified several key risk areas in our framework, and his background with major financial institutions lent his advice considerable weight. However, the experience felt somewhat transactional. While his analysis was technically sound, communication was inconsistent—responses sometimes took several days, and explanations could be overly technical without practical translation for our smaller operation. For straightforward regulatory guidance, he is competent, but for clients seeking a more collaborative or responsive partnership, expectations should be managed.