Chambers and Partners has ranked WilmerHale among the top FinTech law firms in the US in its 2019 FinTech guide. WilmerHale's broad strengths in the FinTech sector include advising clients on privacy and cybersecurity risks, regulatory compliance, capital markets work and wider transactional issues,” says Chambers.
Chambers highlights WilmerHale’s “highly rated litigation and intellectual property groups” that allow the firm to offer additional services for clients, including startups and established companies active in areas such as blockchain, lending and payments.
In addition to the firm, Chambers recognized Robert Finkel and Franca Harris Gutierrez as key contacts. "The WilmerHale guys are certainly gifted and very talented. It's a large firm that can bring in other partners when needed,” the profile states.
The WilmerHale FinTech team is a multi-disciplinary group of lawyers leveraging deep and broad experience across practices. They provide counsel to mature and emerging FinTech companies; companies engaged in FinTech transactions and/or making investments in FinTech-enabled services; exchanges and online platforms; investment banks; and venture capital, private equity and hedge fund firms. The team advises clients on a wide range of FinTech-related matters and issues, including general corporate matters; M&A and joint venture transactions; FinTech-enabled services, including mobile applications and outsourcing; capital markets and other financings, including venture capital investments; regulatory and compliance matters; data security and privacy; vendor management; and intellectual property and patent litigation.