Leonard Ciriello

"had the great opportunity to work directly with Len during his secondment at American Express. Our group benefited greatly from Len's broad legal expertise, creative and critical thinking and extensive business experience. Len is the type of attorney that can jump into any business, especially one in an emerging space, and contribute immediately and significantly. In particular, Len has deep practical experience in the consumer financial services space. I really enjoyed working with Len through challenging product questions and the day-to-day work on an emerging payments service. I really counted on Len for advice, analysis and gut-checks. One of Len's strengths is his ability to analyze an issue/project end-to-end, which really helps our client to ultimately launch strong, legally compliant and user-friendly products."

"Len joined American Express at a crucial time for our Emerging Payments group and hit the ground running. He impressed with his extensive knowledge of the payments landscape -- both from a regulatory and business perspective. Our business partners benefited greatly from Len’s experience and valued his strategic insights. His pragmatic, solutions oriented approach was well received and appreciated. In addition to being a top-notch lawyer, Len is a great colleague and one that people want to work with. Len would be an asset to any organization.Len joined American Express at a crucial time for our Emerging Payments group and hit the ground running. He impressed with his extensive knowledge of the payments landscape -- both from a regulatory and business perspective. Our business partners benefited greatly from Len’s experience and valued his strategic insights. His pragmatic, solutions oriented approach was well received and appreciated. In addition to being a top-notch lawyer, Len is a great colleague and one that people want to work with. Len would be an asset to any organization."