Richard B Levin

FinTech

Blockchain & Digital Currency

Broker Dealers & Investment Management Litigation

Corporate & Securities

Emerging Companies

Government Relations

Securities & Enforcement

White Collar Defense & Government Investigations

Richard B. Levin is the Chair of the FinTech Practice at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. He was one of the first lawyers to focus on the regulation of blockchain and digital assets. He is considered a thought leader in the FinTech space. Richard brings his experience as a senior legal and compliance officer on Wall Street and in London to bear in advising clients on corporate, FinTech, securities, and regulatory issues.

He has been advising FinTech clients on legal and regulatory issues since the start of electronic trading in the late 1990s. Richard's practice focuses on the representation of early stage and publicly traded companies in the FinTech space, including investment banks, broker-dealers, investment advisers, peer-to-peer lending platforms, digital currency trading platforms, alternative trading systems (ATSs), exchanges, and custodians. He represents these firms before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), state regulators, and Congress. Richard has represented clients before regulators in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. His current and past clients include leading national financial institutions, multinational financial services holding companies, leading firms in the FinTech space, and institutions engaging in global investment banking, investment management, securities, and other financial services with institutional clients.

He has been identified by Chambers and Partners as one of the leading lawyers in the Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies category nine times (every year since the inception of the category). Richard has been recognized by Chambers for his knowledge on regulatory matters, great relationships with regulators, for helping clients push the boundaries of the FinTech sector, and for his advice on matters such as broker-dealer licensing and alternative trading systems. He is routinely quoted by leading publications, including Bloomberg, the New York Times, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal, and is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world on the regulation of FinTech, blockchain, and digital assets.

Chamber of Digital Commerce, Lawyers Committee

SIFMA - Compliance and Legal Division