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Reed Smith represents TabaPay in $155 million financing led by FTV Capital
TabaPay is a money movement platform specializing in payments for regulated and emerging industries, including fintech, lending, and platforms. Through a single API, TabaPay enables instant pay-ins and payouts across card and bank rails, helping customers reduce costs by up to 75%, improve reliability, and simplify complex payment workflows.
Reed Smith represents Yellow Card in $40 million funding round to expand global stablecoin infrastructure
The round included investment from SC Ventures by Standard Chartered, Sony Innovation Fund, Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, and additional investors, bringing Yellow Card's total equity financing to more than $120 million. The transaction has closed. Yellow Card has facilitated more than $10 billion in transactions across its network, supports more than 50 currencies, and holds licenses, authorizations, and registrations in 22 jurisdictions across North America, Europe, and Africa.
Venture market finds new liquidity paths
"Companies solving mission-critical problems can secure financing and exit optionality without timing a narrow public listing window—strategic acquirers are increasingly viable, and secondary-ready cap tables attract institutional secondary buyers," said Nick Foreste, co-chair of Reed Smith's Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice. Strategic M&A emerges as primary liquidity path Heading into 2026, many predicted a prolonged IPO drought would strand venture-backed companies.
Reed Smith represents Nucleus Security in $20 million Series C financing
12 February 2026 / 1 min read ATLANTA — Global law firm Reed Smith represented Nucleus Security in a $20 million Series C funding round led by growth equity firm Delta-v Capital. Nucleus Security provides vulnerability and exposure management software for enterprises, federal agencies, and defense contractors. Its platform serves as the system of record, integrating security and asset data from more than 200 tools, business context, and AI-driven exploit intelligence.
Making Partner in a Pandemic: Morris, Manning & Martin’s Nick Foreste
I came into 2020 knowing that I was up for election as a partner at Morris, Manning & Martin LLP. The confidence I entered the year with slowly eroded as I saw my practice nearly screech to a halt in April and May. Being physically disconnected from the team, and my firm delaying the partner election process, only added to the uneasiness. Fortunately, I had others around me to help keep the relatively minor professional stress in perspective given the real issues others were experiencing.
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