Sullivan & Worcester LLP fields an ‘extremely sophisticated’ New York-based team with a broad blockchain offering. The practice is led by a duo of partners lauded for their ’deep expertise’: Joel Telpner advises on digital sovereign currencies, stablecoins, and tokenized investment products, while Natalie Lederman focuses on the formation, development, and sale of digital assets. Scott Kaufman leads the firm’s emerging companies and venture capital group, and in Boston, Benjamin Armour handles a range of corporate matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and capital-raising transactions.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is extremely sophisticated, has a good sense of the business aspects of the legal subject matter, and is very responsive.’
‘All of the individuals with whom we worked are excellent lawyers who provide the highest quality of service.’
‘We engage with the Digital or Crypto Asset team at Sullivan.'
'They are always available at short notice and I have yet to present a problem or an issue that they couldn't deal with in a pragmatic way with a successful outcome.'
‘Joel Telpner and Natalie Lederman have deep experience, a global outlook, and a fast and effective service. Mike Sullivan is a great negotiator and a pragmatic problem solver when conflict arises. Greatly value his level-headed approach.’
'Their knowledge and experience is unparalleled in the sector as they have been established in the space before anyone else.'
'Their experience spans the globe which is critical when structuring or advising in the industry.'
'Mike Sullivan is a great negotiator and a pragmatic problem solver when conflict arises.'
'All of the lawyers are excellent and provide the highest quality of service.'
'Joel Telpner and Natalie Lederman are exceptional, with a wealth of experience and expertise.'
Key clients
- Inspiration is Everything, Inc.
- Music.com
- Decentraland
- Panther Protocol
- Cosimo
- The Sandbox
- Bitstamp
- ISFS AG
- Block Media Solutions
- Fenix 360 Pte Ltd.
- Virtual Media Group USA, LLC
Work highlights
Advising Music.com on developing a platform for issuing and trading Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) that will initially be developed by musicians and bans for their fans and others in the music ecosystem.
Advising COSIMO X fund in 2019 as a venture capital fund that issued its fund interests to investors in the form of digital tokens.
Advising Fenix 360 Pte Ltd. (“Fenix”) in connection with its acquisition by DUET Acquisition Corp and certain regulatory issues concerning the FENIX token, which is the Fenix platform’s native currency.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Joel Telpner
Natalie Lederman
Other key lawyers
Scott Kaufman
Benjamin Armour