Margo Tank > DLA Piper LLP (US) > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
![DLA Piper LLP (US) company logo](https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/05/908.jpg?v=1653316305)
500 EIGHTH STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20004
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Margo Tank
![Margo Tank photo](https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/07/margo_tank_Legal-500.jpg)
Work Department
Intellectual Property; Data Protection, Privacy and Security; Technology; Financial Services; Healthcare; Strategic and Commercial Contracts; Blockchain and Digital Assets
Position
Partner; US Co-Chair, Financial Services sector; US Co-Chair, Blockchain, Digital Assets & Metaverse; Co-Chair, Financial Regulation and Technology
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Fintech
(Leading Individuals)DLA Piper LLP (US) is well-equipped to advise a broad range of companies on implementing blockchain solutions, and is often engaged in transactional, litigious, and regulatory digital asset work. In Washington DC, Margo Tank co-leads the team with Los Angeles-based James Williams who is experienced in advising blockchain companies on token generation events, SEC compliance, and venture financing. Working out of Washington DC, banking and financial service law specialist Jeffrey Hare is knowledgeable of mobile payments, state licensing requirements, and virtual currency. In Chicago, Ronald David Whitaker often advises clients on privacy and data security laws pertaining to electronic financial services and payments, while in San Francisco Michael Fluhr is particularly active in the financial sector, and is focused on blockchain and digital asset matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- International trade > CFIUS
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Finance > Project finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- International trade > CFIUS
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation