Chris Daniel

Chris Daniel is the Founder and Chair of the Global Fintech & Payments Group of Paul Hastings and is a partner in the firm’s Corporate department. Chris’ unique strength lies in his ability to blend his financial services regulatory expertise with his many years of transactional experience. His client base generally consists of:

• Legacy depositories, payments companies, and card networks who are innovating or contracting with Fintechs.
• Trusted Platform Companies, for which financial services contribute a significant percentage of their business.
• Private equity and venture capital firms investing in and existing outside of Fintech companies, and the ongoing representation of those Fintech portfolio companies.
• Fintech startups as they develop and commercialize their product offerings.
• Cryptocurrency companies along the entire range of crypto offerings from blockchain development to crypto exchanges, DeFi and DApps, and ecosystem development.

Chris regularly practices before every state banking department, all federal banking agencies, FinCEN, and OFAC.