Marc de Bruyn Attorneys & Notaries

Practical legal solutions.
Built around your business.

MDB Law is a fintech-first legal practice with deep experience in financial services, banking law, regulatory and conduct risk, cross-border payments, OTC derivatives, crypto assets and the broader payments industry.

We also advise on corporate and commercial law, e-commerce, litigation, family law and other legal matters—bringing technical insight and commercial understanding to every mandate.

Explore our work
Fintech-firstCommercially groundedFounder-led

How we can help

One legal practice.
Distinct areas of focus.

Whether the matter is highly regulated, commercially sensitive or personal, MDB Law starts with the real decision the client needs to make.

The MDB Law approach

Complex law.
Clear next steps.

We combine legal analysis with a close understanding of the client’s commercial reality. The result is advice that is disciplined, understandable and capable of being acted upon.

01 / Understand the business02 / Isolate the legal decision03 / Build the practical route

A specialist MDB Law product

The MDB Stacks turn regulation into a coherent legal framework.

For regulated financial businesses, the Stacks connect the authorisation, product, transaction, controls, governance and evidence—without confusing legal guidance with the client’s responsibility to implement and operate the model.

MDB / SYSTEM MAP 01CONNECTED BUSINESS
01Authorisation
02Products
03Transactions
04Controls
05Evidence

One proposed business. Every legal, operational and evidential layer connected.

Selected Clients

Trusted where regulation meets real business.

A selection of businesses MDB Law has supported across financial services, payments, foreign exchange and fintech.

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VCAP1 logo
Nala logo
SwitchOne logo
Pay712 logo
ImproPay logo
FNZ logo
Currenxie logo
Rafiki logo
Impronics logo
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Client circle mark logo
Synthesis logo
Betify logo

MDB Law NewsWire

Current law.
Commercial meaning.
Practical response.

MDB LAW / INSIGHTSREGULATION & BUSINESS

LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS / EXPLAINED

We track the developments that affect financial institutions, fintech businesses and the wider commercial environment.

About Us

Founder-led advice, grounded in the business behind the legal question.

Marc de Bruyn leads MDB Law’s specialist financial-regulatory work and broader legal practice. The firm combines legal interpretation with clear decisions, disciplined scope and usable next steps.

Business first.Plain English.Controlled decisions.

Contact Us

Start in Cape Town, Paarl or Pretoria.

marc@mdblaw.co.za087 550 5279Cape Town / Paarl / Pretoria