MIAMI, December 3, 2025―Stephen Rutenberg, P.A. has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group in its Miami office.
“Our Corporate practice continues on an upward trajectory in an increasingly fast-paced and demanding environment, and we are thrilled to add a partner with Stephen’s background and experience in Miami, an important city and international gateway for us,” said Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor. “Our offices in South Florida, including Boca Raton, are increasingly significant to our platform, and we will continue our efforts to recruit and retain our tremendous bench of talent in the region.”
“Nearly 200 lawyers strong, we are squarely focused on adding to our capacity with creative and talented individuals and deal teams. In 2025, we have already enhanced our capital markets and mergers and acquisitions capabilities and now look toward the blockchain and fintech sectors to diversify our client offerings,” said Brian P. Kerwin, chair of Duane Morris’ Corporate Practice Group. “Stephen’s leading-edge experience with digital assets will bolster our work in the banking, private equity and deal sectors. And we anticipate the opportunity for his broader contributions in tax, business restructuring and private client services.”
“We welcome Stephen to our office and are so pleased that he has selected Duane Morris for this next phase of his career,” said Scott D. Kravetz, P.A., managing partner of the firm’s Miami office.
Rutenberg’s practice sits at the intersection of digital assets, blockchain technology, fintech and special situations investing. He represents asset managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, financial institutions and technology companies in transactions involving tokenized structures, crypto-secured lending, digital-asset trading and claims, and emerging Web3 applications. He also advises clients across the distressed debt and secondary trading markets, including the purchase, sale and financing of loans, digital-asset-related claims and other complex credit instruments. His work includes negotiating total return swaps, credit default swaps and other bespoke structures used for the acquisition or financing of loan and claim portfolios, as well as advising on general financings, lending transactions and the formation and structuring of funds and startup ventures.
Rutenberg has been active in the digital-asset space since its early formative years and helped build and co-lead Polsinelli’s Chambers-ranked blockchain and cryptocurrency practice. He served as a founder and principal contributor to its BitBlog, a frequently consulted resource on digital-asset policy and regulation. He is admitted to practice in Florida and New York, and as a solicitor in England and Wales, and regularly handles cross-border trading, digital-asset and special situations matters. Rutenberg previously served on the board of directors of the UJA-Federation of New York and received its James H. Fogelson Emerging Leadership Award in 2017. He was most recently a shareholder at Polsinelli.
“Duane Morris has an emerging and comprehensive digital assets practice and a clear commitment to expanding its capabilities,” said Rutenberg. “With digital assets and blockchain technology increasingly converging with special-situations investing and traditional finance, I’m eager to help drive the firm’s momentum in this fast-moving sector.”
Rutenberg is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law (J.D., 2001) and Brooklyn College, City University of New York (B.A., 1998).
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