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Marina Olman-Pal is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice. She advises foreign and U.S. financial institutions on a broad range of U.S. federal and state regulatory matters including licensing/chartering, acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, third-party risk management and oversight issues, BaaS and other bank/fintech-related matters, compliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/anti-money laundering (AML) laws and regulations, and compliance with fair access law matters.

Marina counsels a wide range of companies in the financial services sector including, domestic and foreign banks, money services businesses including money transmitters, cryptocurrency businesses, Fintech companies, digital payment companies, and gaming companies. Throughout her career, Marina has represented clients before U.S. regulators such as the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, FinCEN, OFAC, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation and other state supervisory authorities. Marina also regularly develops anti-money laundering programs for a wide range of financial services businesses and non-financial services businesses including, U.S. and foreign companies active in industries such as real estate, hospitality, automotive and artificial intelligence, among many others.

Concentrations

  • Financial services regulatory and compliance
  • Bank and MSB formation, licensing, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
  • Bank regulatory compliance
  • FinTech/digital payments regulatory compliance
  • Blockchain & digital assets regulatory compliance
  • Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering compliance guidance
  • Sanctions compliance guidance

Capabilities

Experience

  • Represented Associated Foreign Exchange, Inc., a leader in global payment solutions and foreign exchange risk management, as financial regulatory counsel in its sale to FleetCor Technology, Inc, a leading global business payments company serving businesses, merchants and partners in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
  • Represented Five Flags Banks, Inc. as financial regulatory counsel in the merger of two of its subsidiary Florida-chartered community banks, The Warrington Bank, a Florida banking corporation, and Bank of the South, a Florida banking corporation.
  • Represented Paysafe, a multinational online payments company, as M&A and financial regulatory counsel in its $441 million acquisition and integration of SafetyPay, an ecommerce payment platform operating in Latin America.
  • Represented PaySafe Group as U.S. financial regulatory counsel in connection with the acquisition of Openbucks, a California-based payments gateway that allows online merchants to accept gift cards as an alternative to credit cards for purchases.
  • Represented GoDaddy Inc., a web hosting and domain registration services company, as U.S. financial regulatory counsel in its acquisition and integration of Poynt Financial LLC, an all-in-one payment platform.
  • Represented GoDaddy Inc. as U.S. financial regulatory counsel in its acquisition of DAN.com, a domain marketplace platform with worldwide operations.
  • Represented BNP Paribas, a leading European bank, as financial regulatory counsel in the establishment and opening of the BNP Paribas Global Markets office in Miami, Florida.
  • Represented Volkswagen Financial Services as U.S. financial regulatory counsel in the sale of PayByPhone, a global provider of digital parking payment solutions to FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc., a leading global business payments company.

Recognition & Leadership

  • Listed, Chambers FinTech Legal Guide, Payments and Lending, 2025
  • Listed, The Legal 500 United States
    • Finance - Financial Services Regulation, 2023
  • Listed, The Legal 500 Latin America Guide, Latin America: International, 2023-2025
    • Banking & Finance, 2023-2025     
    • City Focus - Miami, 2024-2025
  • Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
    • FinTech Practice, 2025
    • Corporate Law, 2023-2024
  • Listed, Florida Trend, “Legal Elite - Notable Women Leaders in Law,” 2024
  • Selected, CrossTech magazine, “Industry Leader,” 2022
  • Selected, National Law Review, "Go-To Thought Leader: Finance Law - Anti-Money Laundering Legislation," 2021
  • Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, "Rising Star," 2009-2010
  • Member, Financial & International Business Association (FIBA) Board of Directors
  • Chair, Financial & International Business Association (FIBA) Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee
  • Member, CrossTech Regulatory and Compliance Committee

Credentials

Education
  • J.D., cum laude, American University Washington College of Law
  • B.S., Biological Sciences, cum laude, Florida International University
Admissions
  • Florida
  • District of Columbia
Languages
  • Spanish, Native

Related Capabilities

Financial Regulatory & Compliance Banking & Financial Services Fintech Blockchain & Digital Assets Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Corporate Regulatory & Compliance Latin America Practice