FinTech Legal
FinTech Guide 2025 : USA - Nationwide
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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 advised Galaxy Asset Management on its engagement to provide investment management services with respect to certain digital assets of the bankruptcy estate of FTX Trading.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Davis Polk provides pragmatic, issues-focused advice with partner attention and a balanced approach to mitigating risk while driving commercial outcomes."
"Davis Polk provided in-depth of analysis and met deliverable timeframes without sacrificing work product. They had extremely thoughtful approaches to risks and uncertainties."
"The Davis Polk team have helpful knowledge and expertise. They are trusted across the industry and provide very strategic and creative solutions. They provide some of the best client service."
"The team have deep sector knowledge in FinTech and best-in-class knowledge of securities law. Their crypto offerings are incredibly complex from a diligence, structuring and regulatory perspective."
"I can get a measured answer in very short order from Davis Polk, and I also know that I can trust their judgement on complex matters. I trust them with our most complex and sophisticated matters."
"Davis Polk provides pragmatic, issues-focused advice with partner attention and a balanced approach to mitigating risk while driving commercial outcomes."
"Davis Polk provided in-depth of analysis and met deliverable timeframes without sacrificing work product. They had extremely thoughtful approaches to risks and uncertainties."
"The Davis Polk team have helpful knowledge and expertise. They are trusted across the industry and provide very strategic and creative solutions. They provide some of the best client service."
"The team have deep sector knowledge in FinTech and best-in-class knowledge of securities law. Their crypto offerings are incredibly complex from a diligence, structuring and regulatory perspective."
"I can get a measured answer in very short order from Davis Polk, and I also know that I can trust their judgement on complex matters. I trust them with our most complex and sophisticated matters."
Notable Practitioners
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 remains an exceptional adviser to us. He is extremely commercial, balancing the complexities of corporate governance and securities with really elite pragmatic advice."
"Byron is definitely in the top 1% of securities lawyers when it comes to sophistication and skill."
"I have the utmost respect for Byron."
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.
"Joseph is pragmatic and commercial, focusing on client outcomes."
"Joe has provided great insights into complex matters with the ability to raise key issues and outline interdependency and knock-on impacts of the options for each decision."
"Joseph Hall comes up with creative solutions to very complex problems and has a high sense of urgency in closing issues. He's very responsive and knows the industry incredibly well."
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 brilliant; he is so smart and very well regarded."
"Zachary has great regulatory connectivity and insights."
"Zachary provides high-quality and timely advice."