Stuart D Levi
FinTech Guide 2025
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About
Provided by Stuart D Levi
Practice Areas
Stuart D. Levi serves as co-head of Skadden’s Web3 and Digital Assets Group. He has a broad and diverse practice that includes advising on matters involving Web3 and digital assets (including NFTs), artificial intelligence, fintech, technology transactions, outsourcing transactions, intellectual property licensing, privacy and cybersecurity, and branding and distribution agreements. Utilizing his background in computer science and the information technology industry, Mr. Levi has extensive understanding of the technology and business drivers underlying agreements and transactions in these areas.
Career
Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Levi was director of intellectual property for Reuters America Inc. and a vice president of Reuters NewMedia Inc. In these roles, he was responsible for all of Reuters’ technology and intellectual property matters.
Publications
Mr. Levi has written and spoken on numerous outsourcing, privacy, technology and intellectual property issues, and each year he co-chairs the Practising Law Institute’s Open Source Institute. He was named a winner of a Law360 Award for Distinguished Legal Writing (presented by the Burton Awards) in both 2023 and 2019.
Personal
Mr. Levi has been a recognized leader in the technology transaction field for over 30 years and has been named a National Law Journal Trailblazer in cryptocurrency, blockchain and fintech. He also has been recognized as a Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal: Fintech & Blockchain and an IP Star and Transactions Star by Managing IP. Additionally, Mr. Levi has been named to Intellectual Asset Management’s IAM Patent 1000, where he is described as a “master at...formulating strategies, structuring deals and successfully negotiating them.” In addition to his inclusion in Chambers FinTech since 2021, he has been highly recommended in Chambers Global since 2002, Chambers USA since 2004, and The Best Lawyers in America since 2003.
Chambers Review
FinTech
Stuart Levi is an expert in blockchain matters and regularly advises clients on intellectual property and securities law questions related to NFT and blockchain products. Levi also provides product counselling advice to established cryptocurrency exchanges as well as global consumer brands first entering the space.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Stuart is an excellent attorney, I really respect his opinions and insights and find him incredibly easy and friendly to work with."
"I've had the best user experience with Stuart, he's a seasoned lawyer with deep experience, but also very approachable and commercially pragmatic."
"Stuart is very practical. He was very early on the NFT front; he was knowledgeable from the get-go."
"Stuart is an excellent attorney, I really respect his opinions and insights and find him incredibly easy and friendly to work with."
"I've had the best user experience with Stuart, he's a seasoned lawyer with deep experience, but also very approachable and commercially pragmatic."
"Stuart is very practical. He was very early on the NFT front; he was knowledgeable from the get-go."
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