Licensing & Regulatory Filings

Comprehensive legal services for obtaining and maintaining financial services licenses, regulatory registrations, and compliance approvals for cryptocurrency, digital asset, and fintech ventures across global jurisdictions.

Cryptocurrency & Digital Asset Licensing

• Virtual currency business activity licensing (BitLicense and state-level VASP licenses)
• Money transmitter license applications and compliance (MTL multi-state coordination)
• Establishing and maintaining compliant cryptocurrency exchanges
• Alternative trading platform regulatory applications and approvals
• Derivatives and spot cryptocurrency trading platform licensing
• Centralized and decentralized exchange regulatory structuring
• Digital asset custodial service licensing and regulatory compliance

Financial Services Licensing

• Banking regulatory compliance and licensing for digital asset banks
• Broker-dealer applications for cryptocurrency trading platforms
• Investment adviser registration for digital asset investment firms
• Payment services and e-money regulation licensing
• Money Services Business (MSB) registration and compliance
• Payment platform legal advisory and regulatory licensing

Regulatory Approvals & Filings

• Regulatory approvals for new products and services in digital assets
• Regulatory filings and license renewals for virtual asset service providers
• Multi-jurisdictional regulatory engagement (SEC, CFTC, FCA, BaFin, HKMA, MAS)
• Correspondence with regulators and regulatory advocacy
• Cross-border regulatory coordination for global licensing strategies
• Regulatory sandboxes and innovation testing applications

Ongoing Regulatory Compliance

• Banking regulatory compliance monitoring and updates
• Securities regulation ongoing compliance (SEC, FCA requirements)
• Commodities and derivatives regulation compliance (CFTC)
• Anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory compliance programs
• Fintech regulatory advisory and compliance management

Latham's Band 1 ranked practice (Chambers FinTech 2026) serves cryptocurrency exchanges, custodial platforms, digital asset ventures, payment processors, and fintech innovators in obtaining and maintaining regulatory approvals worldwide.