With extensive experience in dealing with regulators, the global fintech capabilities of Latham & Watkins LLP span digital assets, blockchain, and payment technology matters. Led by New York-based partners Stephen Wink and Yvette Valdez, the team is well-equipped to advise fintech market participants, from startups to established financial institutions. Valdez is experienced in advising clients on regulatory and compliance matters within the crypto derivatives market, while Wink represents a wide array of clients across the digital assets and Web3 space, including crypto exchanges and DAOs, earning recognition as a ‘legendary securities law practitioner’. In Washington DC, Barrie VanBrackle focuses on payment technology and consumer financial services compliance, while Mitchell Rabinowitz is a leading lawyer in financial services market infrastructure consortia. In Los Angeles, Ghaith Mahmood advises on digital assets, with particular expertise in NFT technologies, guiding clients on all aspects of intellectual property and technology transactions, including developing, licensing, and commercializing IP assets, as well as advising on strategic transactions.
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‘Latham has been terrific for all of my US securities regulatory questions and issues. They are industry leaders for all things US securities law as applied to the crypto space.
- ‘Latham has been a great partner for me to bounce ideas and concerns off of. As a solo in-house lawyer, it is important to find a firm I can speak through issues with and Latham has been a great one.’
‘Steve Wink is a legendary securities law practitioner and I am grateful for his wisdom and experience. Daphne Lambadariou is a junior associate who is wise beyond her years and has been a terrific communicator and always manages expectations well.’
Key clients
- Coinbase
- Goldman Sachs
- Wormhole Foundation
- Eigen Foundation & Eigen Labs
- Fidelity National Information Services
- Aptos
- Story Protocol
- Fomtech Ltd (Floww)
- Reddit Inc.
- Receipts Depositary Corporation
Work highlights
- Advised Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) on GTCR's majority stake acquisition in its subsidiaries WorldPay and RealNet Payments.
- Advised the Nouns DAO Foundation on the potential conversion to a Wyoming Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association (DUNA).
- Advised Robinhood on its acquisition of Marex North America and its Futures Commodities Merchant license.
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Practice head
Steve Wink; Yvette Valdez
Other key lawyers
Jenny Ciepla; Marlon Paz; Barrie VanBrackle; Ghaith Mahmood; Parag Patel; Daphne Lambadariou