Christoff Pienaar

Partner, Webber Wentzel

Christoff is one of the leading FinTech advisers in South Africa. Dual qualified in South Africa and England and Wales, Christoff leads work on a wide range of demanding FinTech mandates throughout the year with a focus on technology, commercial and intellectual property law.

A genuine sector specialist, Christoff has particular expertise advising on the implementation of payment systems and products, investments into and acquisitions of FinTech companies, software development and licensing, commercial joint venture arrangements, cloud-based arrangements, commercialisation of intellectual property, exchange control, crypto assets, agency and distribution agreements, technology transfers and general commercial contracts as they relate to the FinTech sector.

Christoff has also advised a number of investors in FinTech businesses as well as intellectual property owners on transactions involving the offshoring of their intellectual property assets. Over the review period, Christoff led our team’s work for Entersekt, Capitec, Stitch Money, CTRL Technologies, PayU, 4 Africa Exchange (4AX), and more.