Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP‘s offering is well-equipped to advise on the array of fintech issues, including advising financial services companies on corporate transactions, handling enforcement actions regarding regulatory compliance breaches, and advising on such crypto-related issues as antitrust breaches. Jessica S. Carey, Theodore Wells Jr., and December 2024 arrival to the New York office Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser co-head the practice from New York, alongside Washington DC-based Kannon Shanmugam. Also in DC is IP and tech transactional expert Jonathan Ashtor, and Kristina Bunting, who handles litigation for major corporations, senior executives, and directors in the fintech, digital asset, and crypto industries, are further names to note in New York. Roberto Gonzalez has left the firm.
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- 'Deep connections and experience in government enforcement defense, product knowledge, scale and breadth of practice.'
- 'Jessica Carey has phenomenal client skills and experience.'
Key clients
- Binance Capital Management Co. Ltd.
- Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.
- Mastercard International Inc.
- Paxos Trust Company, LLC
- Private Equity Matter
- Resolute Holdings/ CompoSecure
- Ripple Labs Inc.
- SecureWorks
- Special Committee of Independent Directors of Nuvei Corporation
- Virtu Financial, Inc.
Practice head
Jessica S. Carey; Elizabeth Weiswasser; Kannon Shanmugam; Theodore Wells Jr.
Other key lawyers
Jonathan Ashtor; Kristina Bunting