Guavapay - Legal Counsel

Sep 2024 - Present

Founders Law - Associate (Commercial/Fintech)

Sep 2023 - Aug 2024

Provided commercial, regulatory, data protection and corporate legal advice to a wide array of fintech clients, including payment service providers, banks, electronic money institutions, open banking providers, BNPL providers, wealth management apps and SaaS providers in the financial services industry.

Drafted, negotiated and reviewed: customer/supplier commercial contracts such as payment services agreements, SaaS agreements, end user/consumer terms, referral agreements, partnership agreements, outsourcing agreements, data processing agreements, NDAs, company policies, website terms, etc.

Regulatory projects include FCA Consumer Duty guidance, APP Fraud rules, Confirmation of Payee guidance, EBA outsourcing guidelines regulatory annex, internal memos on arranging/advising on deals, internal memos on platforms operating as MTF/OTFs, etc.

Provided occasional support with corporate matters such as shareholder agreements, company secretarial support, employee share options, etc.

Founders Law - Legal Consultant

Oct 2021 - Aug 2023

Provided tech startups and scale-ups with corporate and commercial legal advice, with a particular focus on the FinTech sector.

Supported with a wide range of deliverables including MSAs, Ts&Cs, NDAs, referral/introducer/reseller agreements, SaaS agreements, financial services legal advice (FCA compliance, outsourcing obligations, etc.), end-user license agreements (EULAs), shareholder and co-founder agreements, company resolutions and incorporation, data protection compliance, employment/consultancy agreements and IP matters.

Ebiquity plc - Paralegal

Apr 2021 - Sep 2021

Supported the General Counsel with in-house legal advice at the group level including commercial agreements, legal updates, NDAs and data protection compliance.

Digital Decisions - Legal Lead / Competition and Antitrust Specialist

Feb 2019 - Apr 2021

Managed a team of four and provided support with legal research and deliverables. Directly involved in due diligence and the company's acquisition by Ebiquity plc.

Center for the Study of Democracy - Intern

May 2020 - Aug 2020

Conducting economic and legal research on various topics at European level:

- Chinese influence in Southeast Europe (data collection, creation of charts, research)

- Tackling undeclared work in the EU (methodology research)

- State capture and corruption in three sectors: construction, pharmaceuticals and fuels

- VAT fraud and corruption (research on the legal framework and case studies)Conducting economic and legal research on various topics at European level: - Chinese influence in Southeast Europe (data collection, creation of charts, research) - Tackling undeclared work in the EU (methodology research) - State capture and corruption in three sectors: construction, pharmaceuticals and fuels - VAT fraud and corruption (research on the legal framework and case studies)

The Hague University of Applied Sciences - Legal Research Assistant

Nov 2017 - May 2020

- Assisted with research in the field of family law and same-sex marriage regulation in Council of Europe countries (November 2017).

- Assisted with research in the field of EU internal market law, specifically the connection between direct taxation and EU citizenship (November 2018 - January 2019).

- Assisted with research in the field of law and ethics/constitutional law/EU law on institutional balance and freedom as non-domination (February 2020 - May 2020).

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) - Master of Laws (LLM), Banking and Financial Regulation Specialism

Grade: Distinction (1st class)

Modules: International Financial Law, Law of Corporate Finance, Corporate Restructuring and Reorganisation, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Banking Law, Principles of Global Competition Law, Competition, IP and Technology

Dissertation: "In trust we trust: Proprietary claims and crypto custodian bankruptcy at common law"

The Hague University of Applied Sciences - Bachelor of Laws - (LLB), International and European Law

Grade: Summa cum laude (9/10 GPA)

• European Law Moot Court: Defendant pleader of The Hague University Team, Semi-Finalist of the European University Institute Regional Final (Florence, 21-24 February 2019).

• Specialisation in EU law.

• Valedictorian 8.8/10 (propaedeutic year, out of +/-350 students).

• Summa cum laude (with the highest distinction) final diploma (9/10 GPA) - only student to achieve this.

• Second best student (based on the average of the graduation year alone, out of +/-120 students).

Utrecht University - Summer School, European Competition Law and Economics: Cartels and Other Evils

The 'European Competition Law and Economics: Cartels and Other Evils' summer school focused on both the legal and economic aspects of the Article 101 TFEU prohibition. It included interactive seminars as well as moot court exercises and presentations that tackled issues such as the digital economy, the use of parity clauses, algorithmic collusion, cartel formation and stability and leniency programs.

• Best Newcomer/Young Practitioner of the Year (Highly Commended) - National Paralegal Awards 2022

• Paralegal of the Year (Highly Commended) - Modern Law Awards 2022

• Summa cum laude LLB (Highest Distinction) - The Hague University of Applied Sciences

• Valedictorian Student - The Hague University of Applied Sciences

• Third Place - Public Speaking Contest - Calliope Prize

• Best Oralist - project 'ICC Moot Court'

• Outstanding Team Performance - project 'ICC Moot Court'

• Foreign Languages Baccalaureate 100/100 - Foreign Languages High School “F. Enriques”

• UK Financial Regulation - Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment

• FinTech Foundations Certificate - navigatingfintech.com

• State Aid and Subsidies Regulation (Short Course) - The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

• LN741 French: Level Five (Current Issues) CEFR Indicative Band C1/C2 - The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

• Certified Information Privacy Professional/ Europe (CIPP/E) - International Association of Privacy Professionals (expired)

• Financial Markets - Yale University

• Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms - University of Chicago

• European Law Moot Court Competition - Defendant of the Semi-finalist Team (Regional Final)

• Diploma de Español Como Lengua Extranjera (Nivel B1) - Instituto Cervantes

• English Fluent

• Romanian Fluent

• Italian Fluent

• French C1/C2 proeficiency

• Spanish B2 proeficiency