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FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Davis Polk & Wardwell has a broad FinTech practice and acts for financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses and tech companies. It has particular expertise in blockchain, capital markets transactions and FinTech litigation matters.

Work Highlights

  • Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. and Crypto.com on launch of a series of exchange-traded funds.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Byron Rooney
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Byron Rooney is a distinguished expert in capital markets transactions and provides corporate, securities law and governance advice to clients. He also advises on significant partnerships between banks and crypto exchanges.

Byron is the best of the best. He not only knows the rules, he also knows the precedents, the risks and how to solve challenging problems.

Byron could be the best capital markets partner I've ever worked with. He knows everything and deeply understands the industry, the market and our particular product.

Byron Rooney is one of the only attorneys I've worked with who truly has that sense of commercial dynamics and really understands it.

Byron is an exceptional, smart, well-rounded lawyer and legal adviser, with a very high level of knowledge in US securities, corporate matters and FinTech.

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Dan Gibbons
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Dan Gibbons advises companies and financial institutions on all forms of capital markets transactions, as well as novel digital asset matters.

Dan is thoughtful, business-oriented and practical.

Dan Gibbons at Davis Polk is a fantastic capital markets attorney.

Dan is a true capital markets attorney and he really gets into the crypto space so he understands the laws and the industry, providing an incredibly helpful perspective.

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Joseph A Hall
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Joseph Hall is a member of Davis Polk's capital markets team and advises on the securities law aspects of blockchains. He also regularly interacts with the SEC on digital asset matters.

Joe is a crypto subject matter expert who has tremendous instincts when it comes to formulating legal arguments.

He is responsive and has strong judgement, but his creativity makes him shine.

Joseph Hall is very good, detailed. trustworthy and very helpful in bringing the securities view to regulation of crypto.

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Zachary Zweihorn
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Zachary Zweihorn is a partner in Davis Polk’s Financial Institutions Group. He regularly advises clients on SEC rules and regulatory matters in connection with corporate transactions.

Zachary is very thoughtful, has in depth knowledge of crypto asset space and he is trusted adviser to our company.

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Gabriel Rosenberg
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Gabriel Rosenberg is a partner at Davis Polk with a busy practice advising FinTech and financial services clients on regulatory strategies around crypto trading, DeFi protocols and bankruptcy matters.

Gabe is a great problem-solver. He is very smart, a subject matter expert in the space, and very business-oriented problem-solver.

He just really knows his stuff in the regulatory financial services space. He is thoughtful and able to think through a complex problem.

Ranked Individuals at
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FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

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Joseph A Hall
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Zachary Zweihorn
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Dan Gibbons
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Gabriel Rosenberg
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FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing

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Byron Rooney
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Dan Gibbons
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Joseph A Hall
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