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FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending - USA - Nationwide
What the Team is Known For
Steptoe is recognised for its excellent capabilities in cryptocurrency mandates and experience in financial services regulation. The firm has substantial expertise in anti-money laundering issues and can provide expert advice on the taxation of cryptocurrency.
Strengths
Steptoe has built out a FinTech practice in the right way. It is cross-disciplinary with various subject matter experts who are highly collaborative.
Steptoe has an amazing bench of industry experts. I feel completely secure with the quality of their work.
The team at Steptoe produced very strong brief writing and were very good on strategy.
Work Highlights
Steptoe advised Zcash Foundation, a crypto-asset technology provider, on the regulatory implications of Zcash Shielded Assets, a new class of assets on the Zcash Protocol.
Notable practitioners
Alan Cohn is a cyber-policy expert advising a range of companies, from start-ups to large institutions, on cryptocurrency and blockchain-related matters.
Alan is a subject matter expert on national security work. He is extremely bright, and has a real knowledge of government and digital policy.