Particularly sought after by banking, technology, and venture capital clients, A&O Shearman is adept at handling high-value transaction and regulatory matters in the payments space. In New York Dario De Martino is an experienced M&A lawyer. Based in San Francisco, Alex Touma specializes in technology transactions with intellectual property aspects, including those related to blockchain and NFTs.
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- 'A&O Shearman has a vey deep bench. My team is always able to bring the expertise needed to the table irrespective of the situation.'
Key clients
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Foresight Ventures
- Bitstamp
- Broadway Technology
- Figure Markets Holdings
- CUBE
- Scroll
- Morgan Stanley
- Deutsche Bank
- Aptos Labs
Work highlights
- Advising Meta’s affiliate WhatsApp on its negotiations with merchant acquirers in Brazil in furtherance of the launch and ongoing support of WhatsApp’s payment service for small businesses in Brazil.
- Advised Forevision Holdings on its acquisition of a controlling stake in The Block.
- Advised Bitstamp and its majority shareholder NXMH on the sale of Bitstamp to Robinhood.
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Practice head
Todd Beauchamp; Adam Chernichaw; Dario de Martino; Alex Touma