FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies - USA - Nationwide
What the team is known for
WilmerHale advises financial institutions, corporate clients and emerging FinTech companies. The firm is particularly strong on blockchain matters, including transactional matters, SEC investigations and OFAC sanctions compliance advice.
Strengths
"The team at Wilmer is solid and consistently reliable at all levels and across all practice areas. In addition, counsel at Wilmer demonstrate remarkable professionalism and quality in each conversation. When navigating a complex, sophisticated legal matters, it is a pleasure to listen, work with, and rely on counsel from WilmerHale."
"The team at WilmerHale are very responsive, regardless of hours, mindful of time lines, and get things done early. They are thorough and have a deep bench in the FinTech space. We were very impressed with their work, especially on the enforcement side."
"They are efficient, timely and reliable. WilmerHale is a force multiplier for our legal department."
Work highlights
WilmerHale represented Citibank in its Series C-1/C-2 Preferred Stock financing of LiquidX, a FinTech company that facilitates the origination, distribution and optimisation of trade, inventory and working capital finance assets.
Notable practitioners
Tiffany Smith is co-chair of the firm's blockchain and cryptocurrency working group. Smith focuses her practice on advising broker-dealers, financial institutions and FinTech companies on federal securities laws and regulations. Smith is well regarded by clients and market sources alike. "Tiffany is responsive, professional and a subject matter expert. She is also good at corralling the right people across the firm to step in on issues." "She is very knowledgeable, practical and strategic in her advice." "Tiffany is very knowledgeable. She is great at navigating the grey areas of FinTech and keeping in touch and keeping up to date. She is very responsive as well."