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Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright

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United States • Finance

4

Fintech

The group at Norton Rose Fulbright is well-placed to assist its clients in complex and high-profile litigation relating to blockchain, crypto, and fintech. Its workload includes assisting clients with high-value financial fraud-related bankruptcy, crypto and tech contracting issues, and in Ponzi scheme criminal investigations. Andrew Lom helms the offering from New York and has significant experience advising high-net-worth families and institutional investors on asset management and governance matters. St Louis-based Eric Martin is considered by clients to be ‘among the very best advocates in fintech and crypto’, and harnesses consumer finance, crypto, and securities expertise. Also in New York are Ryan Waggoner, and Patrick Dolan, who handles the financing and securitization aspects of various assets.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Norton Rose has broad and deep expertise in fintech, ranging from high-level litigation and regulatory experience to commercial and corporate experience.'

  • 'Their geographic breadth has enabled me to get answers in far-flung domestic and international jurisdictions on short timeframes, which has been extremely helpful.’

  • ‘Eric Martin has been particularly client-friendly and I would rank him among the very best advocates in fintech and crypto. He has maintained his responsiveness to clients and his focus on solving their problems.’

  • ‘They are hands-on, responsive and also well-versed across multiple regions, which is helpful when you are running an international fund.’

  • ‘Their breadth of knowledge across multiple regions and traditional funds or BHCA legal entities is noteworthy.’

Key clients

  • Axos Bank
  • Common Area Credit Inc.
  • Crusoe Energy Systems
  • LiquidAcre
  • Mirana Corp
  • Regen Foundation
  • Societe General
  • Santander Bank
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • Tesla Finance
  • Zurich Holding Company of America, Inc.

Work highlights

Advised Crusoe Energy Systems on the sale of its flare-gas powered Bitcoin mining operations to New York Digital Investment Group LLC (NYDIG), a deal which is pending regulatory approval.
Acted as lead defense counsel to Mirana Corp. in litigation which involved FTX seeking not only to claw back approximately $1bn in transfers, but also represented an attack on innovative aspects of the crypto ecosystem, such as the distributed governance model of DAOs.
Acted for Mr. Ivan Turogin in a criminal case brought by the US DoJ, involving allegations of a $575 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme; after his extradition from Estonia, we challenged his detention, ultimately securing his release—the first time a foreign defendant achieved this in the district against government opposition; our work led to the dismissal of 17 out of 18 counts, and a sentence of time served, despite prosecution demands for a decade-long sentence.
Practice head

Andrew Lom

Other key lawyers

Eric Martin; Patrick Dolan; Racheal Hashmall; Ryan Waggoner