Stephen Rutenberg’s practice focuses on the intersection of special situations investing and FinTech including cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
A significant component of Stephen’s practice relates to his work in the distressed debt market, representing clients in the purchase and sale of loans and securities of distressed and bankrupt companies. Recent representations include advising on the purchase, sale and financing of bankruptcy trade claims in several major chapter 11 cases, including Lehman Brothers, and the MF Global and Icelandic bank liquidations. He works with all types of clients, specifically, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, and global financial institutions that seek him out for his legal understanding, business sense, responsiveness, and care for client needs.
Together with the other lawyers in Polsinelli’s renowned FinTech and Regulation practice, Stephen represents, investors, issuers and underwriters looking for market leading perspectives, on cutting edge utilization of blockchain technology including investing in cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICO’s).
Stephen has experience with general financings, lending, and other corporate transactions. He has also counseled clients in the negotiation of total return swaps, credit default swaps, and other structures for the purchase and/or financing of loan and claim portfolios as well as formation and structuring work for startup companies and funds.
Admitted to practice in New York and as a solicitor in England and Wales, Stephen has significant experience advising on cross-border distressed trading matters and is recognized for this in the 2016 edition of IFLR1000as a Rising Star. In February 2017, Stephen received the UJA-Federation of New York’s James H. Fogelson Emerging Leadership Award for his contributions to the New York legal and philanthropic communities. Stephen is recognized as a thought leader frequently writing and speaking on the FinTech and distressed loan trading.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Stephen A. Rutenberg
- Celsius Bankruptcy: With the Filing of the Disclosure Statement, is the end in sight for this Marathon of Uncertainty - (Posted On Wednesday, August 09, 2023)
- Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly July 27, 2023 - (Posted On Thursday, July 27, 2023)
- Will There Be a Ripple Effect? Federal Judge Rules Some Sales of XRP Were Not Securities Transactions. - (Posted On Thursday, July 20, 2023)
- Proposed Digital Asset Market Structure Bill Could Give Regulatory Clarity; But is it the Regulatory Clarity the Industry Wants? - (Posted On Monday, June 12, 2023)
- Kraken the Whip – Kraken Penalized Over Staking-as-a-Service - (Posted On Wednesday, February 15, 2023)
- “Now Yous Can’t Leave”: SEC Finds Itself in Formidable Fight Over Attempt to Assert Regulatory Domain over Secondary Sales of Digital Assets - (Posted On Monday, February 13, 2023)
- Celsius Bankruptcy Case: February 2, 2023 - (Posted On Thursday, February 02, 2023)
- Celsius Bankruptcy Case: January 3, 2022 - (Posted On Wednesday, January 04, 2023)
- Celsius Bankrupt Case Update: Bar Date Approaching - (Posted On Tuesday, December 20, 2022)
- Celsius Bankruptcy Case Update: November 18, 2022 - (Posted On Monday, November 21, 2022)
Stephen A. Rutenberg is a 2020 National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for his articles on Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) illegal securities sales actions, the processes for settlement of digital asset securities, and cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes. Mr. Rutenburg’s contributions shed light on the complexities and potential pitfalls of investing in cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICO’s) and the utilization of blockchain technology, making his articles must-reads for those invested in or seeking information on the industry.