Get to Know Sullivan's Fintech & Blockchain Practice

As a thought-leader and trailblazer in the industry, Sullivan has had a major impact in the fintech, blockchain and cryptocurrency industry by providing legal representation to more than 100 clients whose size varies from governments, top cryptocurrencies, and large enterprises to smaller startups. We help our clients pursue and execute first-of-their-kind business ideas. These new ideas involve unseen regulatory uncertainty and have forced us to think beyond traditional ways of practicing law.

We help clients navigate emerging legal issues and regulatory uncertainties, manage risk, identify opportunities and proactively plan for the future. With deep financial, regulatory and technological expertise, we ascertain the implications new fintech solutions will have on our clients’ operations and prepare them to offer new services and products. Working with entrepreneurs, investors and established companies in a range of industries, we provide strategic guidance to help clients finance, develop and capitalize on the promises of technology while gaining a competitive edge in the marketplace.

We are respected in the fintech and blockchain industry for our deep understanding of the emerging technologies that their intersection with the financial system. Our multi-disciplinary practice group is recognized by our clients and industry leaders for developing creative and practical legal and business solutions, especially when presented with complex issues of first impression.

Representative client work includes:

• Advising the Republic of the Marshall Islands in issuing of digital sovereign currency.
• Helping to launch ndau, an adaptive digital currency.
• Advising Ohanae in creating a global platform for issuing, trading, clearing, and settling equity issued in digitized form on a blockchain.
• Structuring for Gita Holdings/GreatX a structured, principal-protected tokenized investment product allowing investors to obtain upside exposure to hotel room blocks in various hotel properties.
• Assisting Fyooz in the development of its platform for tokenizing celebrities and athletes.
• Advising Celsius in its global crypto lending business.
• Providing regulatory advice to prominent blockchain projects including Aeternity, Streamr, NEM, Zilliqa, and Fantom.

The practice group is led by Joel Telpner, a highly sought-after legal advisor in the blockchain space who works actively with clients structuring token distributions and enterprise blockchain applications. Most recently, he was honored as a 2020 Fintech MVP by Law360.

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