随着技术的升级，金融服务也必须同步升级。到了需要对处理监管和法律问题的传统方法进行重新思考的时候了。谢尔曼•思特灵向客户提供经验丰富的律师以及覆盖全球各大金融中心和金融科技枢纽的网络。

我们坚持对未来投资，并成立了“金融科技工场”计划，该计划致力于支持本所客户自身的金融科技相关活动，以及在更大范围内支持涵盖金融机构、金融科技初创企业、加速器和孵化器、创业投资及私募股权投资者以及政策制定者的全球金融科技生态系统的金融科技相关活动。这一计划的初衷是，搭建一个平台，让大家在此交流、共享洞见，并向决定金融服务业未来方展方向的创新者提供一些建议。

金融科技工场的根本原则是向金融科技生态系统提供社群支持，提供思想领导力，提供指导和意见。金融科技工场的三个核心板块如下：

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• Advised Qatar Investment Authority in connection with its equity financing round in SoFi.
• Advising a cross-border digital payments company on New York state licensing and regulatory issues.
• Advised a cloud-based human resources software company in creating a data incident response protocol and GDPR compliance program.
• Advising ICE in establishing and financing new venture, Bakkt, that will offer a federally regulated market for Bitcoin in order to transform Bitcoin into a trusted global currency with broad commercial usage.
• Advising a digital money platform company in its acquisition of JNK Securities, a N.Y. based broker-dealer.
• Advising a payments company on their offering bitcoin wallet services to customers.
• Representing a startup cryptocurrency exchange by analyzing the impact of U.S. tax reform on its businesses and corporate structure.
• Advising a financial investment brokerage on preparation of trading documentation for cryptocurrency-related derivatives, particularly with respect to important concepts and asset characteristics that should be considered when negotiating trades in respect of cryptocurrencies.
• Representing a blockchain technology company, by providing tax advice to the company in relation to investments made in blockchain focused startups.
• Representing a trade execution platform by analyzing the impact of U.S. tax reform on the company’s businesses and corporate structure as well as advising on employee compensation and benefits structure.
• Represented an online merchant company on a convertible note financing.
• Represent a developer of blockchain-based financial applications on a Series Seed Preferred Stock.
• Represent an electronic exchange platform in connection with a joint venture.
• Advised a leading cryptocurrency investment firm on transacting in cryptocurrency-related derivatives and prepared trading documentation that we are currently negotiating with its counterparties.
• Represented the company in its formation and initial equity financing and are advising a company on the formation and registration of a U.S.-registered broker-dealer and ATS trading venue, including advising on the addition of blockchain settlement to their automated platform.
• Advised a hedge fund on due diligence and investment in a digital asset custodian.
• On behalf of an individual investor, obtained access of QORA currency that had been frozen by the Poloniex Exchange.
• Represent a global financial institution in litigation growing out of the collapse of the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange.
• Providing regulatory advice to a global financial institution in connection with possible “big data” initiative.
• Represented a Swiss based exchange platform providing regulatory advice in connection with an ICO.
• Represented a digital retirement savings company in its formation and initial financings.
• Represented a leading provider of SaaS-based customer engagement solutions on an acquisition and related equity financing.
• Represented compliance, surveillance, and risk management software solutions company on its spin-out and Series A financing.
• Represented USAA in its investment in Coinbase, a digital currency wallet and platform for merchants and consumers to transact with digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin.
• Represented USAA in its investment in MX Technologies, which develops and provides money management and financial software for financial institutions and digital banking providers.
• Advised ICE on NY BitLicense and state money transmitter requirements and provided advice regarding cryptocurrency regulation, futures trading, and custody.
• Advised Brazil's leading provider of financial technology solutions on its approximate $1.75 billion IPO on the NYSE.
• Advised a Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform on its Nasdaq IPO in Nov 2017.
• Represented Thomson Reuters in its acquisition of REDI Holdings from Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays and Citadel and on its purchase of TradeWeb, a multijurisdictional trading platform authorized in the UK.
• Represented Salesforce in its $2.8 billion acquisition of NYSE-listed cloud-based e-commerce platform Demandware, Inc.
• Represented Visa in its acquisition of PlaySpan Inc.
• Represented NASDAQ OMX Group in its acquisition of the Investor Relations, Public Relations and Multimedia Solutions businesses of Thomson Reuters; on its acquisition of FTEN, Inc; in the creation of a joint venture with SharesPost, Inc. to form The NASDAQ Private Market LLC; in its joint bid, together with the Intercontinental Exchange, for NYSE Euronext.
• Represented Bolsa Se Mercadorias & Futuros S.A. in its $22.4 billion merger with Bovespa Holding S.A. to create the world’s third-largest stock exchange.
• Represented Intuit Limited in its acquisitions of several online and cloud-based payroll services companies, including PayCycle, Inc., Acrede Technology Group Holdings and PaySuite.
• Represented ICE in its sales of NYFIX, Metabit and Wombat Financial Software, all units of NYSE Technologies.
• Represented PLIA Systems in its acquisition of U.S. equities broker-dealer SJ Levinson & Sons LLC.
• Represented Quadramed in its acquisition of NCR Healthcare Solutions, including NCR Payment Manager which allows patients to pay outstanding payments at a kiosk, online or on a mobile device.
• Represented Bank of Nova Scotia in its acquisition of E*TRADE Canada from E*TRADE financial corporation.