Our finance-focused, tech-obsessed attorneys help clients overcome the legal and regulatory obstacles to innovation.
Comprised of privacy professionals, developers, technologists, former government attorneys, law professors and industry trailblazers, Ice Miller's FinTech team is uniquely positioned to assist clients navigate the evolving FinTech legal and regulatory landscape. We handle matters at the intersection of law and emerging technologies, such as:
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Data science and data analytics
- Blockchain and virtual currencies
- Smart devices (IoT)
- Payments technology
- Open banking and API Platforms
- Biometrics
Ice Miller’s FinTech team has represented hundreds of lenders, servicers, wealth managers, payment companies, trading and markets businesses, blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, national banks, regional banks, credit unions and other financial institutions. Complementing Ice Miller’s extensive experience, our attorneys are industry leaders who understand financial technologies and appreciate both the legal and technical challenges those technologies pose. Our legal team has over two decades of systems, network, security engineering and software development experience. In addition, the FinTech Group includes:
- Attorneys recognized by the National Law Journal (Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and FinTech Trailblazers), Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America©;
- Former federal prosecutors, the former Director of Enforcement for the Ohio Division of Securities and a former CIA intelligence officer;
- Faculty members for the ISC2 (CISSP certification training), IAPP (CIPT certification training) and NITA (National Institute for Trial Advocacy);
- Privacy and FinTech professors for the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and Loyola University School of Law;
- Industry leaders who have spoken at Lend360, Block(Legal)Tech the IAPP Global Privacy Summit, ABA Annual Meetings and who have been published and cited in Coindesk, Law360, Forbes, FinTech Weekly and Bloomberg; and
- Founders of the Chicago Bar Association’s Financial and Emerging Technology Committee, the first bar association of its kind.
With attorneys across a spectrum of practices, including Litigation; Government Enforcement & Internal Investigations; Data Security and Privacy; Business Services; Entrepreneurial Company Services; Labor, Employment, and Immigration; Private Equity and Venture Capital; Intellectual Property; Securities and Capital Markets; Finance and Bankruptcy, our team can handle a wide variety of legal matters for FinTech clients at any point in their life cycle.
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