The Fintech Fallout: Preparing for Regulatory Risks and Safeguarding Your Organization

She is an experienced team manager and trusted legal advisor who currently leads a team of attorneys and support staff in North America in achieving corporate objectives efficiently, promptly, and within budget. Responsibilities include managing negotiation of all contracts, including vendor agreements, customer agreements, and joint business initiative agreements; managing litigation team, including assisting in developing of litigation objectives and strategy and working with business partners to achieve dispute resolution goals; managing legal clearance of new product offerings, including assessing regulatory issues, intellectual property issues, compliance issues, and alignment with corporate goals; overseeing legal aspects of employments issues; managing global trademark and patent portfolio.

Elina is General Counsel at SKEPS, a point of sale financing platform. Elina’s prior experience spans industries: AI/ML, including external data and data collection, healthtech, and financial services. She began her legal career with KPMG, where building regulatory and compliance frameworks for global banks has provided for a skillset that has been relevant to just about every other role, managing legal, privacy and compliance for a multitude of organizations. A true in-house partner to the business, Elina particularly enjoys the visibility that the legal function has cross-functionally.

Atlanta fintech veteran Lisa Roberts has joined Stax Payments as senior vice president and general counsel. Other C-suite additions include fintech Amy Waldhauer as chief commercial officer and Jenn Reichenbacher as chief marketing officer.

With decades of experience in the fintech space, the new executives give Stax incremental depth in key areas required to further its growth in the payments space. The three leaders will build on Stax’s legacy of innovation to deliver differentiated solutions to help customers succeed.

Erin assists clients in regulatory and compliance issues, helping them respond to subpoenas and other alleged violations. She advises clients on their compliance obligations and legal risks in their business. She also helps clients plan and navigate internal investigations. In the financial sector, Erin assists clients in negotiating and drafting master service agreements between banks and FinTechs. She has substantial experience managing and successfully resolving a wide range of complex disputes in federal and state trial courts, mediations, FINRA arbitrations, and government/regulatory inquiries.