Chris Baugher

Background

About Chris Baugher

In my practice, I advise on transactions involving payment systems participants and the financial technology industry. In particular, I represent payment processors, sophisticated merchants, and financial institutions in the following matters: PAYMENT PROCESSORS Mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions of operating companies, payment technology assets, and credit card portfolios. International expansion initiatives, joint ventures, and strategic alliances in the U.S, Europe, and Asia. MERCHANTS Co-branded credit card programs, private label card alliances, payment network agreements, and card acceptance agreements. Credit card data security matters and data breach response. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Merchant services alliances, card processing arrangements, and new payment technology M&A. Payments regulatory matters. I am dual-qualified as a Georgia attorney and a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. In Dublin, Ireland, I previously served as the dedicated on-site legal counsel for a client that is one of the leading merchant acquirers in Europe. I have also spent a significant amount of time based in Brussels, Belgium assisting clients in the financial technology industry with cross-border transactions and matters related to credit card network membership and compliance. Georgia Trend has recognized me as a member of “Georgia’s Legal Elite”and I have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© since 2016. As a nationally recognized speaker, I regularly present to payments industry executives on legal and commercial developments in the U.S. and Europe.