FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
FinTech Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 3
Contact number
+1 212 506 5000Chambers Review
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is active across multiple FinTech verticals. Its lawyers handle regulatory analysis, facilitate transactions and represent clients in litigation relating to blockchain, payments and data protection.
Work Highlights
- Orrick advised Slope, a US-based company which enables B2B platforms to offer buy now, pay later, on corporate and securities matters privacy and licensing, employee benefits, and fundraising, including the company’s USD24 million Series A financing.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team at Orrick have been super responsive, helpful and very strong."
"Orrick is very strong. Their team is able to partner knowledgeably and thoughtfully to apply the law to the facts, and work together to achieve the goals of the business in an effective and compliant manner. Orrick has demonstrated expertise in not only knowing the law, but also how to apply the law to new and innovative products and business needs."
"Orrick has first-class attorneys that dig into their client's business to provide the best possible counsel."
"The team at Orrick have been super responsive, helpful and very strong."
"Orrick is very strong. Their team is able to partner knowledgeably and thoughtfully to apply the law to the facts, and work together to achieve the goals of the business in an effective and compliant manner. Orrick has demonstrated expertise in not only knowing the law, but also how to apply the law to new and innovative products and business needs."
"Orrick has first-class attorneys that dig into their client's business to provide the best possible counsel."
Notable Practitioners
Behnam Dayanim is the global head of digital commerce and gaming at Orrick. Dayanim advises FinTech and financial services companies on data ownership, data protection and cybersecurity.
"Behnam is a great lawyer and he has a uniquely encyclopedic knowledge on everything."
"Dayanim is incredibly business-oriented and his advice is always spot on and pragmatic. He also knows the risk appetite for our company so his advice is really relevant and accurate."
"He is an expert in this space."
Chris Witeck's regulatory practice centres on assisting clients in compliance issues and partnership agreements. His clients include FinTech companies and challenger banks, which often call upon his expertise to assist with state and federal regulatory and licensing guidance.
"On any regulatory issues or any banking structures and finance structures, Chris is the best. He is excellent and has tremendous experience."
Joseph Perkins is a go-to adviser for clients in the digital assets ecosystem. His practice involves advising blockchain companies on financing rounds and providing corporate counsel to clients entering the NFT space.
"Joseph is a unique lawyer in the field of crypto FinTech law. The depth of his experience is really unmatched, when it comes to working on token-related questions. Joseph is also a very commercially aware and sensible lawyer. His focus on client service is top-notch."
"Joe is business-calibrated and pragmatic on his approach to decentralisation/centralisation and crypto structuring matters."