Kramer Levin advises clients at the intersection of finance, law, regulation and innovation, helping them navigate the many and varied challenges they face in the ever-evolving fintech and blockchain legal landscapes. Our Fintech and Blockchain team counsels businesses ranging from startups and emerging growth technology companies to payment companies, robo advisers, platforms, asset managers and investment funds. Taking a multidisciplinary approach in addressing the novel legal issues facing companies using blockchain technologies, we ensure comprehensive guidance on finance, investment, corporate formation, structuring and operations, data privacy and cybersecurity risks, regulatory compliance, and corporate governance, as well as IP protection.
Kramer Levin’s Fintech and Blockchain team is on the leading edge, poised to advise our clients as technologies develop and regulators strive to keep pace.
Our lawyers can help with:
Fintech
M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions: corporate structuring of the fintech firm; structuring of venture capital funding; drafting of documentation, declarations and other status applications
Joint ventures, strategic alliances and outsourcings between fintech actors and major banking and financial institutions
Fintech regulatory and compliance: from licensing to litigation, including sanctions proceedings
IP advice, protection and litigation
Payment services regulatory compliance advice and litigation
Cybersecurity and data privacy compliance advice and litigation
Tax strategy optimization
Blockchain
Regulatory compliance for investing in blockchain technologies
Securities law advice in connection with decentralized finance (DeFi) and initial coin offerings (ICOs)
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), including corporate formation, structuring, governance and tax issues
Security and data privacy issues specific to companies using blockchains
Open-source licensing of software used to manage blockchains
IP protection for technologies underlying blockchains
Copyright issues for nonfungible tokens (NFTs)
As technologies, regulations and laws develop, Kramer Levin will help clients avoid pitfalls and stay ahead.
We use cookies on this website to optimize user experience and site functionality and to give you the best possible experience. We do so with your approval. The choice is up to you. Learn more.
