Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is pleased to announce that with guidance from the firm’s FinTech Practice Group – Led by the team of Richard Levin, Kevin Tran, and Megan Kilissanly – Bosonic Securities has obtained regulatory approval from the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA) to operate a broker-dealer an Alternative Trading System (ATS).

Levin, Tran, and Kilissanly advised Bosonic throughout the process. Levin is chair of the FinTech and Regulation Practice and was one of the first lawyers to focus on the regulation of blockchain and digital assets. He is considered a thought leader in the FinTech space. Levin brings his experience as a senior legal and compliance officer on Wall Street and in London to bear in advising clients on corporate, FinTech, securities, and regulatory issues.

Tran assists financial institutions and technology clients with financial regulatory, securities, and corporate matters. He focuses on the representation of early stage, mid-stage, and publicly traded FinTech companies focused on blockchain technology, digital assets, and more.

Kilissanly focuses her practice on assisting financial services and technology clients with regulatory, securities, and corporate issues. Kilissanly represents entities and individuals in the FinTech space, including investment banks, broker-dealers, investment advisers, digital asset and currency trading platforms, alternative trading systems (ATSs), securities exchanges and swap execution facilities, and custodians.

Bosonic Inc. is a technologically charged developer of innovative tech to facilitate trading, clearance, and settlement of digital assets and digital asset securities. Bosonic Securities, LLC, a subsidiary of Bosonic Inc., is a tech driven broker-dealer and ATS that uses blockchain tech to promote efficiency for digital asset securities.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins is an AmLaw 100 firm of more than 1,000 attorneys, policy advisors, and professionals, with 33 offices in 17 states and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.nelsonmullins.com.