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.
Lawyers
Practice head
Adam Chernichaw; Dario de Martino; Alex Touma