Overview
Vito Arethusa is an associate in Steptoe's GAPP group. He counsels clients in the financial services sector on a variety of regulatory matters, including compliance with regulations related to capital markets, digital assets, and financial products and services. He advises clients on matters before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and other federal financial regulatory agencies. In addition, Vito engages with regulatory agencies through advocacy efforts, ranging from meeting with agency staff to helping draft, prepare, and submit comment letter in response to rulemakings and/or statements for the record for Congressional hearings.
Vito graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a staff member of Georgetown Journal for Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and Muslim Law Students Association. Prior to his Summer Associate role at Steptoe, he also served as a legal intern for Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, where he provided support to indigent clients in the DMV area, conducting intake interviews and advising on their immigration-related legal issues.
- District of Columbia
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2023
- B.A., University of Georgia, 2019
Areas of Work
Representative Matters
- Advised a national industry trade association and prepared comment letters in response to proposed and final rulemaking implementation.
- Advised multinational financial services corporations to update their policies and procedures in response to credit card rulemaking.
- Advised a digital currency exchange and prepared an anti-money laundering/sanctions compliance and digital token (crypto) listing policy.
- Drafted a pro bono amicus brief for a political law trial on behalf of interested national political and business leaders.
- Advising a regional utility company on updating their FERC/CFTC compliance program related to energy derivatives trading.
News & Publications
StepTechToe
A Comparative Analysis of the EU, US and UK Approaches to AI Regulation
April 30, 2024
By: Anne-Gabrielle Haie, Tod Cohen, Andrew Golodny, Maury Shenk, Maria Avramidou, Elizabeth Goodwin, Vito Arethusa
StepTechToe
March 27, 2024
By: Tod Cohen, Stacie R. Hartman, Andrew Golodny, Ryan Hayden, Elizabeth Goodwin, Vito Arethusa
Client Alerts
AML Program Requirements for Investment Advisers: FinCEN’s Proposed Rulemaking
February 16, 2024
By: Andrew C. Adams, Coy Garrison, Jack R. Hayes, David M. Stetson, Evan T. Abrams, Sophia Breggia, Vito Arethusa
Publications
CFPB As Pay App Watchdog May Invite More Fintech Regs
January 12, 2024
By: Alan Cohn, Andrew Owens, Coy Garrison, Evan T. Abrams, Sophia Breggia, Vito Arethusa
Client Alerts
January 11, 2024
Client Alerts
Proposed Rule Subjects Digital Payments to CFPB Oversight
November 14, 2023
By: Alan Cohn, Andrew Owens, Coy Garrison, Evan T. Abrams, Sophia Breggia, Vito Arethusa