About
Carl Fornaris is co-chair of the Financial Services Practice and co-chair of the Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Group at Winston Taylor. He represents clients in a wide range of regulatory, transactional and administrative enforcement matters, including institution formation and licensing, capital-raising transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, BSA/AML compliance and OFAC sanctions programs (including the Corporate Transparency Act), cryptocurrency regulation, Dodd-Frank Act compliance, failed bank receivership and resolution advice, and federal and state agency enforcement proceedings. He has counseled clients in dealings with the OCC, FDIC, FRB, CFPB, FinCEN, SEC, FINRA, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, New York Department of Financial Services, and other state supervisory authorities.