FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending - USA - Nationwide
What the Team is Known For
Davis Wright Tremaine provides trusted counsel on payments, lending, consumer regulatory advice, technology transactions, M&A and data protection matters. The firm wins praise from sources for its legal and regulatory advice on significant payments matters in the US.
Strengths
"The attorneys at Davis Wright have significant regulatory expertise in financial services-related topics; those attorneys are also extremely smart and creative in solving issues that may come up."
"DWT's responses are always very valuable, and they're always open to discussing the risk basis that was used in the advice. DWT has a variety of staff on hand who are able to handle complex matters."
"They don't just quote black-letter law. Instead, they provide real solutions and business-centred advice. They handled complex and sophisticated matters for us efficiently and appropriately."
"The team has deep industry knowledge, particularly with respect to payments and card network requirements. They have a highly pragmatic approach grounded in industry expertise."
Notable Practitioners
Andrew Lorentz has a strong practice in payments and lending regulation. He advises prominent market players on civil litigation and investigations, compliance due diligence and state licensing issues. "Andy is an expert in financial services regulation." "Andrew is a fantastic external counsel. He has a good knowledge of applicable regulations and is very responsive." "Andy Lorentz is awesome. I have found him to be incredibly professional, easy to work with, commercially oriented, sophisticated and thoughtful."
