Fito Pando Molina

Special Counsel

Phone:1800 720 720 Email: fito.pandomolina@irlegal.lawyer

Fito Pando Molina is a highly experienced lawyer with over two decades of experience across Australia, the UK and Europe, specialising in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, intellectual property, technology, employment law, and litigation. Fito advises businesses, financial institutions, investors and entrepreneurs on complex legal and commercial matters.

Fito is recognised for combining top-tier legal expertise with practical commercial insight, helping clients navigate legal challenges while achieving strategic business outcomes. His practice encompasses corporate governance, commercial contracting, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, regulatory compliance, intellectual property protection and commercialisation, technology-related matters, and dispute resolution.

In the area of Employment Law, Fito advises employers, executives, and businesses on workplace relations, employment contracts, executive service agreements, workplace policies, disciplinary matters, terminations, redundancy processes, restraint of trade provisions, workplace investigations, and employment-related disputes. Drawing on his extensive in-house and corporate experience, he provides practical advice that balances legal compliance with commercial objectives and effective workforce management.

His extensive Banking and Finance experience includes advising on capital markets, structured finance, derivatives, and lending transactions. He also has significant expertise in the technology sector, assisting businesses with digital innovation projects, data governance, and emerging regulatory issues. Where disputes arise, Fito represents clients in commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, and intellectual property matters.

His background spans Magic Circle law firm Linklaters, 9 years as Head of Legal (Americas) at BBVA, leading legal teams across multiple jurisdictions, and senior legal positions with BNP Paribas and Mizuho International in London.

Fito also founded and led RegBot, an award-winning FinTech company recognised in the Global RegTech 100 and featured in The Economist.

Fito is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and Australia. He is committed to providing clear, commercially focused advice and practical legal solutions that help clients protect their interests, manage risk, and achieve their business objectives.

Areas of Practice:

• Intellectual Property Law

• Corporate & Commercial Law

• Banking & Finance Law

• Employment Law

• Technology Law

• Litigation