Carl Fornaris

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ABOUT CARL FORNARIS

At Winston & Strawn, I am Co-Chair of the firm\'s Financial Services Practice and its Digital Assets Practice. With 32 years of legal experience, I advise a broad range of financial services firms – banks and their holding companies, money services businesses, investment advisers, securities broker dealers, Fintechs, VASPs/crypto exchangers, gaming firms and other institutions – on all aspects of their business. These include licensing and registration, capital-raising transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, BSA/AML compliance and OFAC sanctions programs compliance, cryptocurrency regulation, mobile money and FinTech, federal and state agency enforcement proceedings, and Dodd-Frank Act compliance. Throughout my career, I have counseled clients in their dealings with the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, FinCEN, SEC, FINRA, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, New York Department of Financial Services, and other state supervisory authorities.I am also active representing lenders and credit parties in financing transactions, particularly credits to non-U.S. loan parties, asset-based credits, acquisition financing, and stand-by letters of credit.I am past General Counsel of the Florida International Bankers Association and sit on its Board of Directors. I previously served as Head of Legal and Compliance for the Latin America region of Barclays Bank PLC, with responsibility for managing legal and compliance matters throughout the region. In addition I also serve as an adjunct professor in the Business Law Department of the University of Miami Business School.