Paul Hastings Retains Band 1 Ranking in Chambers FinTech 2025

Paul Hastings has once again been ranked Band 1 in the 2025 Chambers FinTech Guide, maintaining its top positions in the FinTech Legal and Payments & Lending categories. The firm continues to be recognized “at the forefront of payments law in the USA.” Clients noted the Paul Hastings team as “leaders in FinTech; their knowledge of FinTech issues is both broad and deep, allowing for them to provide tremendous work on a range of novel issues.” In addition, clients highlighted the firm’s “deep understanding of the commercial issues at stake,” praising Paul Hastings for staying “ahead of the curve” as the industry introduces complex product structures.

The firm also earned top rankings in Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies in both the U.S. and U.K. guides. Clients remarked that "Paul Hastings' partners have a very deep knowledge of crypto regulation because they have been involved from the beginning in this space and act for many of the largest crypto-asset firms.

In the U.S., Paul Hastings maintained its leading rankings across Corporate, Securities & Financing, Data Protection & Cyber Security, and Crypto-Asset Disputes. Chambers also recognized the firm’s rapidly growing, preeminent fintech practice in the U.K. with top rankings in FinTech Legal, Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies, and Payments & Lending.

The following lawyers are individually ranked:

• Chris Daniel – FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending (USA); FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (USA)
• Eric Sibbitt – FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (USA)
• Dana Syracuse – FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (USA)
• Arun Srivastava – FinTech Legal (U.K.-wide); FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (U.K.-wide)
• Nina Moffatt – FinTech Legal (U.K.-wide); FinTech Legal: Payments & Lending (U.K.-wide)

About Paul Hastings

With widely recognized elite teams in finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, restructuring and special situations, litigation, employment, and real estate, Paul Hastings is a premier law firm providing intellectual capital and superior execution globally to the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers, and corporations.