Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields

National legal counsel for financial services, broker-dealers and digital assets.

National legal counsel for financial services, broker-dealers and digital assets.

Carlton Fields advises financial institutions, investment companies, advisers, broker-dealers and digital-asset businesses on licensing, compliance, transactions, investigations, enforcement and litigation.
Min project size
Custom quote required
Employees
501–1,000
Locations
Tampa, Florida, United States
Year founded
Founded 1901
Estimated Business Mix by Industry

Estimated regulated-industry mix

100%
Total
  • Online Trading & Prop Firms35%
  • Crypto & Digital Assets10%
  • Other55%
Primary focus: Other
Verified in:Online Trading & Prop FirmsCrypto & Digital Assets

Carlton Fields advises financial institutions, investment companies, advisers, broker-dealers and digital-asset businesses on licensing, compliance, transactions, investigations, enforcement and litigation. The company is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, United States. Its team brings together expertise in Financial Services Regulation, Investment Funds, Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers, Regulatory Enforcement, and Financial Crime to support clients through structuring, licensing, implementation, compliance, and ongoing administration.

Meet the Team

GL
Gary L. Sasso
President and Chief Executive Officer

Leads Carlton Fields and its national legal-services strategy.

AB
Ann B. Furman
Shareholder

Advises financial-services clients on regulatory, compliance and investment-company matters.

RT
Richard T. Choi
Shareholder

Advises investment companies, private funds, advisers and other financial-services businesses.

EZ
Edmund Zaharewicz
Shareholder

Counsels investment advisers and financial institutions on regulation, compliance and enforcement matters.

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Pricing Snapshot

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Pricing details

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Service
Financial Services Regulatory Counseling
Financial services regulation

Regulatory and compliance advice for financial institutions, investment firms and insurance businesses.

  • Regulatory analysis
  • Compliance programmes
  • Product review
  • Risk assessment
  • Examinations
  • Enforcement
Typical timeline: Custom scope
Availability: Custom quote required

Pricing is tailored to the scope, jurisdiction, complexity and delivery model.

Financial Services Regulation
Investment Advisers
Broker-Dealers

Pricing may vary by scope, market, media spend, and third-party costs. Data was sourced from public materials or confirmed by the vendor.

Case Studies

Selected engagements from Carlton Fields
crypto
Anonymous Cryptocurrency Exchange
Cryptocurrency Exchange Formation and Regulatory Advice
Challenge

A digital-asset exchange required a U.S. corporate and regulatory structure addressing securities and commodities licensing questions.

Result

The firm describes a completed formation and regulatory-advisory mandate for the exchange.

crypto
Anonymous Digital-Currency Exchanges and Money Transmitters
50-State Money Transmitter Analysis for Digital-Currency Businesses
Challenge

Digital-currency businesses needed to understand where state money-transmission laws applied to their operating models.

Result

The firms received a state-by-state framework for licensing and compliance decisions.

Jurisdiction coverage
50 U.S. states
forex_prop
Anonymous High-Frequency and Algorithmic Trading Funds
Digital-Asset Algorithmic Trading Fund Formation
Challenge

Trading managers required fund structures and compliance frameworks for strategies involving multiple digital currencies.

Result

The firm describes multiple completed advisory matters for digital-asset trading funds.

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