PRACTICE

FinTech & Blockchain

Overview

Pierson Ferdinand’s FinTech and Blockchain practice has deep experience in all aspects of litigation, dispute resolution, and governmental investigations related to the digital assets. Our clients include Tier 1 digital asset exchanges, token issuers, individual developers, investors, mining operations and traditional businesses seeking to adopt distributed ledger technology.  

  • Trial-Tested Litigation Prowess

    Our Litigation team excels in discerning the critical aspects of a case and collaborates closely with our clients to ensure that litigation is managed in a manner that advances their ultimate objectives.  We work diligently to resolve immediate issues and help our clients avoid similar challenges in the future, while at the same time striving to provide value-add to our clients in an effective representation.

  • Bench Strength and Industry Experienced

    PierFerd Litigation partners provide clients across various industries globally with comprehensive commercial litigation and dispute resolution services. From coast to coast, in state and federal courts, our experience spans from appellate to high-stakes commercial and corporate fraud litigation, to IP and Insurance related disputes, with the ability to scale up for our clients as and when necessary. 

  • Client-Focused Approach to Disputes

    We view our seasoned litigators as an extension of our clients' in-house legal teams, working collaboratively to achieve optimal outcomes through strategic partnership, early intervention, and a comprehensive approach to dispute resolution.

  • Team-Orientated, Comprehensive Strategies

    We seamlessly collaborate with other PierFerd practice groups to leverage and bring to bear the appropriate industry experience wherever necessary, ensuring litigation strategies are comprehensively addressed, including matters related to banking and financial services, cyber-risk, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, employment and labor, real estate, among others.

Capabilities

We have guided clients to resolution of governmental and regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, pre-litigation disputes, as well as class action and other civil litigation. We have also advised clients navigating criminal investigations related to digital assets, advised victims of digital asset theft in the international recovery of their assets using in-house Chainalysis Reactor analytics, and represented digital asset businesses in arbitration around the world. 

We bring our substantial experience, knowledge, and success rate to help those in the digital asset industry navigate these complex issues, and our roster includes former SEC and DOJ attorneys, former in-house counsel from top financial businesses, industry thought leaders, and established practitioners with real-world experience litigating in this nascent area of the law.