---
title: "Fractional GC & Legal R&D for FinTech"
description: "London-based Fractional General Counsel and legal R&D for fintech and regulated startups. Led by David Wormley, an experienced solicitor focused on legal operations and UK and European regulatory compliance."
image: "https://appliedincantations.com/og-image.png"
---

# Fractional GC & Legal R&D for FinTech

from words to effect

# Fractional GC
and legal R&D

For teams that ship in FinTech, RegTech and other regulated spaces.

 [![ndaflow.ai screenshot](/ndaflow-og.png)

Featured update

### ndaflow.ai

Automated legal playbook and workflow tool to clear routine NDAs in 60 seconds. Keep your business moving, routing only the exceptions to Legal.

Learn more and get started →](/products/ndaflow)

## Isolated legal judgement doesn't make things happen.

Progress in regulated sectors gets bottlenecked by defensive compliance and duplicated effort. Thousands of companies independently burn cycles to meet the same rules, choking off investment in making the rules easier to execute and maintain.

I'm building Applied Incantations to solve that, pairing practical [advice](/services) with [tools and systems](/products) to clear regulatory hurdles (and publishing some of them as [public goods](/products#public-goods) ).

 [Learn more](/about)

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