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Financial services companies in the financial technology (FinTech) space are contributing to rapid technological advances and innovation in the development, offering, and delivery of core financial products and services. Winston’s FinTech, Banking & Payments attorneys support these companies throughout the entire FinTech business life cycle, from proof of concept through maturity, including federal and state licensing and registration, regulatory compliance and risk management, structured finance, M&A, and private equity, intellectual property (IP) management, and supervision and enforcement. Our clients include banks, FinTech companies, private equity and other investors, money services businesses, trust companies, consumer finance companies, investment advisers, and other financial firms.
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Our structured finance group is widely recognized as a leader, encompassing Esoteric Finance, Residential Asset Finance and Securitization, and CLOs/Fund Finance. Positioned prominently at the forefront of the industry, our team boasts extensive experience across a broad spectrum of assets, with a particular focus on bespoke structures and emerging and/or “esoteric” assets, including residential and commercial PACE, RMBS, and CMBS; aircraft, vessel, and railcar finance; FinTech and marketplace lending; CLOs; specialty finance; consumer and business lending; energy structured finance (including solar finance and reserve-based finance); derivatives and structured products; lease and operating asset finance; trade receivables; litigation settlement financing; and life settlements.
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Financial Innovation & Regulation
Winston’s Financial Innovation & Regulation attorneys routinely counsel financial services, digital assets, and other clients on complex banking, crypto, FinTech, consumer financial, and securities matters. Many of our team members previously held positions as in-house counsel at global financial institutions and served in positions at government agencies, which gives us considerable experience in helping our clients obtain innovative, effective, and efficient solutions.
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Experience
|July 24, 2025
Winston & Strawn LLP represented Linkhome Holdings Inc., a leading AI-powered U.S. real estate platform, in connection with its upsized $6 million initial public offering. The offering consisted of 1,500,000 shares of common stock priced at $4.00 per share, and the shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker “LHAI” on July 24, 2025.
Experience
|April 2, 2024
StoneBridge Acquisition Corporation Closes Business Combination with DigiAsia
Winston & Strawn represented Stonebridge Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: APAC), an Asia-Pacific-focused publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in connection with the closing of its business combination agreement with DigiAsia Bios Pte Ltd., Indonesia’s Embeddable "Fintech-as-a-Service" company. Its ordinary shares and warrants will trade on Nasdaq under the symbols “FAAS” and “FAASW” respectively, starting April 3, 2024.
Experience
|November 16, 2022
Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corp. Announces Business Combination with AtlasClear, Inc.
Winston & Strawn is representing Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: QFTA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its announced business combination with AtlasClear, Inc. and Atlas Fintech Holdings Corp., which will result in Atlas FinTech transferring its trading technology assets to AtlasClear and the acquisition by AtlasClear as part of the initial business combination. As a result of the transactions, AtlasClear will provide specialized banking and clearing services to other financial services firms, with an emphasis on global markets currently underserviced by larger vendors. Upon closing, the combined company will operate as AtlasClear, Inc. and its common stock is expected to be listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “ATCL.” The transaction is currently expected to close in the first quarter of 2023.
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Tax Impacts
|March 20, 2026
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IRS Extends Digital Asset Reporting Relief Through 2026 Under Notice 2026-20
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) extended the temporary relief for digital asset–specific identification rules with the release of Notice 2026‑20, which builds on last year’s Notice 2025‑7 by continuing to permit taxpayers to make adequate identification of broker‑custodied digital assets on their own books and records.
Recognitions
|December 4, 2025
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Winston & Strawn Recognized in Chambers FinTech 2026 Guide
Chambers FinTech 2026 ranked Winston & Strawn as a leading law firm in FinTech Legal (USA), FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (USA), and FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing (USA).Additionally, four partners were ranked in four different practice areas.
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FinTech (Financial Technology) is a term used to categorize technology-driven solutions to traditional banking products. FinTech aims to make financial services more accessible to consumers.
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