Simon Deane-Johns

Consultant

Simon is a practising solicitor specialising in online financial services, e-commerce, personal data, IT, SaaS (and anything else-as-a-service) crypto assets, smart contracts, AI and related public affairs. Originally obtaining his legal qualifications in Australia, Simon is now admitted in England & Wales and in Ireland.

His clients include e-money and payment service providers, P2P lending platforms, consumer credit lenders and brokers, consumer hire firms, retailers, e-marketplaces and data providers.   Simon has advised on the launch of many innovative services, co-organised P2P Finance Policy Summit and advised on launch of P2P Finance Association.  

Simon can be contacted at sdj@crowleymillar.com

Specialties: Legal input to business plans; obtaining regulatory approvals; advice on retail financial services, including payments (e-money, card issuance, card acquiring, money remittance, open banking, payment initiation, account information), P2P lending, consumer credit, supply chain finance, trade finance; public affairs; drafting supplier agreements, online customer service terms, privacy policies, smart contracts, crypto assets, application of distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence.