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Morrison Foerster

FinTech Legal: Data Protection & Cyber Security

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Morrison Foerster

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FinTech Legal: Data Protection & Cyber Security - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Morrison Foerster handles blockchain, payments, corporate and data security FinTech matters. Its lawyers have expertise in regulatory investigations and securities class action responses and advise on bank partnerships and compliance with state money transmission laws. The team has additional capabilities in financing and capital markets, as well as data security and cyber security.
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Work Highlights

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  • Morrison Foerster advised Visa on privacy and cybersecurity aspects of acquisition of Featurespace, an innovative FinTech company offering behavioural risk analytics for fraud and financial crimes prevention.

Strengths

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  • Morrison Foerster stands out for its rare combination of deep subject matter expertise, commercial practicality, and consistently strong execution.

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  • The team has deep subject matter knowledge of underlying regulations, deep understanding of business need, and is highly capable of balancing business and legal needs.

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  • The deep industry expertise, combined with a talent for swift problem-solving and delivering actionable legal guidance, makes them highly valued advisers to both our business and legal teams.

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  • The Morrison Foerster team is consistent, understand our institutional pain points and is always responsive. We have high confidence in their expertise and guidance.

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  • Our lawyers at Morrison Foerster are extremely responsive and organised, and are on top of a variety of projects and work streams. I know nothing is falling through the cracks when I work with them.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Jeffrey D Silberman
    Jeffrey D Silberman

    Jeffrey D Silberman

    Jeffrey Silberman is noted for his ability to advise on online payments and lending platforms on product and regulatory matters. Silberman's clientele ranges from start-ups to incumbent financial institutions, who rely on his expertise in capital markets transactions, consumer lending matters and state licensing issues.

    • Jeff is a deeply valued and trusted adviser, widely respected by both our business and legal teams. He stands out for his commercial insight, practical guidance and deep industry expertise.

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    • Jeff has thorough knowledge of the industry and market positions. He is a good big picture thinker and provided practical advice applicable to specifics of the parties and business goals involved.

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    • Jeff Silberman is one of the best negotiators I've had the opportunity to work with, he has an easy-going approach to client management.

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    • He expertly navigated a partnership agreement and I always felt like we had the legal advantage in the negotiation.

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    • I consider Jeff the quarterback of our legal efforts, he always knows which people should be involved to provide the best expertise and he makes sure everything is done in a timely manner.

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  • Nathan D. Taylor
    Nathan D. Taylor

    Nathan D. Taylor

    Nathan Taylor advises clients on privacy and security of financial information. Taylor specialises in developing practical solutions to comply with privacy and data security laws.
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  • Evan Minsberg
    Evan Minsberg

    Evan Minsberg

    Evan Minsberg is a partner at Morrison Foerster with a growing reputation. Minsberg regularly advises clients on payment processing, Banking as a Service (BaaS), anti-money laundering, money transmission and licensing application issues. Sources have commended Minsberg for his pragmatism, knowledge and client service.

    • Evan Minsberg is fantastic to work with and is an outstanding contracts lawyer.

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    • Evan has a great handle on fintech regulatory issues, in particular those that impact frontier innovative businesses.

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    • Evan has an incredibly deep expertise when it comes to payments law and types of regulatory hurdles. He has an amazing amount of ability and tremendous amount of legal savviness.

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    • Evan Minsberg is able to help us come up with novel solutions that minimise risk that have unlocked big opportunities for our business.

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Ranked Individuals at Morrison Foerster (3)

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    Nathan D. Taylor

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