Payment Institutions
PI authorisation, passporting and ongoing supervision.
Legal advisors for fintechs, payment institutions, crypto businesses and regulated financial institutions across Europe.
PI authorisation, passporting and ongoing supervision.
EMI licensing, safeguarding and e-money operations.
CASP authorisation and MiCA-ready operating models.
MiFID-scope licensing and prudential compliance.
Group structuring, governance and regulatory change.
BaaS and embedded models, structured compliantly.
Payments, identity and data infrastructure, de-risked.
End-to-end legal and regulatory work, framed around the outcomes your business needs.
Secure the licence you need — PI, EMI, CASP, investment or banking — and reach the market without regulatory surprises.
Build AML, risk and ICT frameworks that satisfy supervisors and scale with your business.
Design a compliant operating model from day one — so regulation accelerates growth instead of blocking it.
Execute deals in regulated markets with confidence — diligence, approvals and clean closings.
Stay in control during KNF/GIIF inspections and white-collar matters — protecting your licence and reputation.
Łukasz Jabkowski is an attorney-at-law and managing partner of LegalFintech. He advises fintechs, payment and e-money institutions, crypto-asset businesses and financial institutions across the full regulatory lifecycle — from licensing and authorisations to compliance, supervisory engagement and strategic transactions. His work sits where financial regulation meets commercial reality: helping ambitious companies launch compliantly, satisfy regulators and scale across Europe with confidence.
Current, in-depth command of EU and Polish financial regulation — PSD2, EMD, MiCA, DORA and AML.
Advice that understands your business model, runway and growth targets — not just the statute.
Cross-border structuring and licensing across European jurisdictions, with the right local partners.
An advisor who stays with you from licence to scale, inspection and beyond.
Tell us where you are and where you want to go. We will come back with a clear, practical regulatory path.
Tell us a little about you and what you need. We will come back with a clear, practical path.