Debevoise & Plimpton

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Debevoise & Plimpton is a law firm with a financial institutions practice serving banking institutions, insurance companies and broker-dealers. More than 900 lawyers work in nine offices across three continents, and the firm says its teams advised on matters in more than 90 countries in the last year. Its FinTech practice advises financial institutions on fintech acquisitions, minority investments and joint ventures, and advises fintech companies and private equity firms acquiring interests in financial institutions, drawing on banking, insurance, data security, anti-money laundering and sanctions, and litigation teams. Matters listed on its site include advising six banks on the formation and financing of Cari, a bank-governed digital money network, and Portage on its acquisition of select assets of Point72 Ventures' fintech portfolio. The firm publishes the Debevoise FinReg and FinTech Blog.