Band 4
Provided by Sarah (Hody) Shtylman
Industries
Blockchain & Digital Assets
Fintech & Payments
Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports
Interactive Entertainment
Immersive Technology
Regulated Gaming
Sports
Corporate Law
Technology Transactions & Privacy Law
Financial Transactions & Regulation
Sarah Shtylman counsels clients on regulatory, commercial, compliance, and product development matters for fintech projects. She supports firms that seek to obtain or maintain financial services licenses, charters, and registrations by advising on structure, compliance programs, documentation, and engagement with regulators. For clients that seek to build products and services that do not require such regulatory oversight, Sarah provides support on product deployment, required disclosures, commercial terms, and strategic negotiations. Sarah handles matters involving regulated digital asset custodians and exchanges, licensed payment platforms, payment services integrations, marketplace payments, content monetization, in-game currencies, asset-backed blockchain tokens, and non-fungible tokens.
Sarah provides actionable regulatory assessments that drive product development, marketing, and regulatory licensing strategies. She also drafts and negotiates commercial agreements, vendor contracts, and terms of service that support her clients' product launches. Clients appreciate that Sarah is well-versed in state and federal financial services regulations, particularly those related to digital asset custody and exchange, payments, and money transmission. She has advised clients through the application and compliance processes for state and federal charters, money transmission licensing and registration, and lending licenses. Sarah has engaged directly with state and federal regulators to discuss the applicability of various financial services regulatory regimes to emerging blockchain technology platforms and protocols that her clients are developing.
Sarah provides guidance on matters related to marketplace payments, the issuance of application-specific virtual currencies, points and rewards programs, stored value devices, and other in-app value systems or payment mechanisms. On behalf of various international companies, Sarah has negotiated co-brand card deals, buy-now-pay-later payments integrations, and other significant payment processing arrangements. She also supports clients in financings, particularly on diligence questions related to digital assets, payments, and money services regulatory concerns.
Provided by Chambers
Sarah Shtylman leads Perkins Coie's blockchain, digital assets and custody vertical. Shtylman represents major cryptocurrency exchanges, digital asset companies, and custody services providers in digital asset product launches, engagements with regulators and money transmission licence issues.
Provided by Chambers
Sarah is great. She is knowledgeable, communicative and able to get to the root of the issue without going through a lot of fluff.
Sarah sees around corners we were not aware of. She is highly sophisticated from a regulatory perspective and uniquely attuned to the commercial and corporate impact.
Sarah easily understands our business and our questions. She is very thorough, off the charts knowledgeable this space and offers very practical advice.
Sarah is great. She is knowledgeable, communicative and able to get to the root of the issue without going through a lot of fluff.
Sarah sees around corners we were not aware of. She is highly sophisticated from a regulatory perspective and uniquely attuned to the commercial and corporate impact.
Sarah easily understands our business and our questions. She is very thorough, off the charts knowledgeable this space and offers very practical advice.