Overview
Our vast experience defending public companies, audit firms, financial institutions, senior executives, officers and directors, and lawyers in investigations and trials offers our clients solutions to tackle novel legal and regulatory issues for companies operating in the blockchain ecosystem. Our clients have included fintech firms, cryptocurrency and digital asset platforms, cryptocurrency miners and traders, and eCommerce payment platforms.
Williams & Connolly attorneys handle representations involving a wide variety of disputes including patent licensing and navigating regulatory challenges. Firm attorneys have extensive experience representing clients in connection with supervisory examinations, civil and criminal investigations, enforcement actions, and lawsuits brought by federal and state regulators. We have deep experience responding to issues raised during supervisory examinations and internal investigations, as well as enforcement investigations and administrative proceedings initiated by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), federal banking regulators such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”).