
Ross Handler is a Payments and Fintech counsel in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He provides legal guidance to fintech, nonbank, and financial services institutions, ensuring compliance with federal and state finance laws. Ross advises clients on laws related to money transmission, consumer and commercial lending, and payments constructs. Ross brings extensive experience in drafting, negotiating, and executing corporate transactional agreements in consumer and commercial payments matters. This includes incentive deals between merchants and card networks, bank partnership agreements, co-branded credit card agreements, and payment processing agreements for global retailers. He also provides regulatory counsel for payments constructs such as gift cards, payroll, marketplace solutions, and payment processing. Additionally, Ross served as seconded counsel to a global payment facilitator in its Payments Risk Legal and Money Movement Services and Payouts groups, where he interacted with platform users to support new customer-facing payments products and services. Beyond his professional practice, Ross is actively engaged in pro bono work, representing clients in various legal matters, including landlord-tenant disputes, parole hearings, and asylum claims.
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Counsel, Fintech, Payments, and Technology Transactions
Perkins Coie
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Jan 2025 - Present
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Associate Attorney, Fintech, Payments and Technology Transactions
Perkins Coie
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• Full-time
Sep 2022 - Jan 2025
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Seconded Counsel
Stripe
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• Part-time
Sep 2023 - May 2024
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Associate Attorney, Financial Services Regulatory & FinTech
Cooley LLP
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• Full-time
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Associate Attorney, Banking and FinTech Practice Groups
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
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Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
Washington, District Of Columbia
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