We help clients design and launch fintech, crypto, and AI products that satisfy regulators while preserving business flexibility and speed to market.

• Advising on payment solutions, digital wallets, and crypto/fiat transaction flows
• Identifying regulatory touchpoints early in product design and development
• Structuring products to reduce licensing, money transmission, and enforcement risk

VLP delivers tailored AML, sanctions, and state money transmitter guidance for clients across crypto, blockchain, e-commerce, and fintech.

• Structuring AML/BSA programs and sanctions screening controls
• Assessing financial crime and illicit finance risk across products and markets
• Advising on money transmission risk and licensing compliance requirements

We counsel digital asset and fintech companies and other market participants on securities and commodities issues, market integrity, and evolving federal and state regulatory frameworks.

• Advising on token classification and securities/commodities treatment
• Counseling on custody, registration, and anti-evasion structuring issues
• Tracking CLARITY Act, SEC, and Treasury rulemaking affecting digital assets

VLP builds right-sized compliance programs that scale with a company’s stage, risk profile, and regulatory footprint.

• Designing policies, controls, and escalation workflows for growing companies
• Building compliance infrastructure calibrated to bank partner and investor expectations
• Advising on training, monitoring, and remediation programs

We support investors and companies with regulatory diligence and defend clients facing government inquiries, subpoenas, and enforcement proceedings.

• Conducting regulatory diligence for financings, investments, and acquisitions
• Developing playbooks for responding to subpoenas, regulatory RFIs, and informal agency inquiries
• Defending executives in SEC, DOJ, and other regulatory proceedings