FinTech Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide
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A&O Shearman has a strong FinTech practice in its New York and Silicon Valley offices. Its team regularly advises on major cryptocurrency projects, commercial transactions, lending platforms and regulatory compliance matters. Its lawyers also act for big tech companies on cryptocurrency integrations and other payments law matters.
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A&O Shearman advised BitClout, an open-source cryptocurrency project and social media platform, in connection with corporate, securities and regulatory matters.
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A&O Shearman’s FinTech group understands how regulation and innovation affect deal structures. The team combines first-class transactional expertise with genuine sector knowledge.
They care about how the financial services industry is evolving and want to ensure their clients are at the forefront of these innovations with proper guidance and access to the best legal minds.
A&O Shearman can anticipate our issues and idiosyncrasies and provide very solid advice. They are also great business advisers and help us think of practical solutions and not just rigid legal ones.
A&O Shearman’s FinTech team is unique in combining top-tier M&A capability, regulatory depth, and seamless cross-border execution.
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Alex Touma is a partner at A&O Shearman with a practice focusing on the regulatory and commercial issues relating to blockchain, cryptocurrency, payments transactions.
Alex Touma is really fantastic and a real thought partner. He really is able to go deep on issues and is quite practical.
Alex really understands technology and crypto.
FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
FinTech 2026
Practice area: FinTech Legal
Location: Luxembourg
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