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Steptoe & Johnson LLP adds Will Turner for Blockchain, Crypto Practices
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP has announced that Will Turner has joined the Chicago office as a partner. Turner has over two decades of experience in corporate and securities law, mainly with the application of cryptocurrency, fund formation, investment operations and mergers and acquisitions.
He will reside in the Corporate Group of the company and will also work in the practice Blockchain and Criptovaluta.
Turner also deals with issues related to capitalization, project finance, restructuring and joint ventures. He has a good knowledge of securities offers, of the work of the 40 and of corporate governance. In addition, Turner advises clients on commercial distribution, sales, technology and financial services agreements.
Turner represented a number of European companies and investors in their acquisitions, investments, trade issues and regulations in the United States. Turner has led numerous fundraisers and joint ventures.
"Will will bring not only a valuable general business experience, but also a critical experience of the" 40 Act "investment fund, including cryptocurrency and crypto-asset space," said Steptoe president Phil West. "Will will add an important depth to our international business group, which extends across the country and from Brussels to Beijing, as well as our market-leading blockchain and cryptocurrencies practices."
Turner called Steptoe "the perfect home for my practice." The company's corporate group is sophisticated and has immediate access to Steptoe's compliance and control practices to meet the complex regulatory requirements increasingly associated with commercial and corporate transactions in the United States. Steptoe also has a blockchain and a cryptocurrency premier that can effectively represent the different commercial elements of an emerging technology. "
Steptoe's Blocktoin and Cryptocurrency practice helps clients develop and implement blockchain strategies and navigate the complex legal and regulatory environment surrounding cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets in the United States and around the world.
The group includes former senior officials from the Department of Justice, the Department of National Security, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, the CFTC and SEC with extensive knowledge on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
Turner is a member of the board of directors of the Swiss American Business Council. He is also a member of the commercial law section of the American Bar Association. He holds the B.A., with honors, from the University of Chicago and his J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern University, where he was the publisher of articles for the Revision of the law.
