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Brought to you by FinTech Foundry at Shearman, the inaugural Digital Finance Summit will explore how emerging technologies are disrupting the financial services sector, how traditional institutions are adapting to the changing market and the race to regulate them.
With an audience of senior leaders and decision makers from financial institutions, corporate businesses, venture funds and regulatory and government agencies, we will host conversations around the shifting economic landscape and the role of emerging technologies in financial services focusing on digital assets, M&A, investment trends, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and more.
OVERVIEW
With 850 lawyers in 25 offices around the world, we offer clients a unique blend of legal advice, industry knowledge and global capabilities by covering a full range of FinTech, digital assets and crypto expertise.
FinTech Foundry by Shearman provides multi-disciplinary legal and industry knowledge, thought leadership, and a forum to connect key participants in the wider FinTech ecosystem. Leveraging our deep regulatory knowledge and cross-border capabilities, we assist clients cultivate relationships with market participants, deliver innovative solutions to increasingly complex legal and regulatory issues, and capitalize on opportunities presented by regulatory reform initiatives and market developments.
EVENING RECEPTION
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT: DIGITAL ASSETS, CRYPTO AND BLOCKCHAIN
IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Coffee & Networking Break
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT: DRIVERS OF FINTECH INDUSTRY GROWTH /
FINTECH REGULATION AND LICENSING
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM
fireside chat: cbdcs AND STABLE COINS:
REGULATION AND THE RISKS OF INTEGRATION
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Welcome Address
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Conference Registration
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
In the early years of the industry, hedge funds attracted high net worth individuals and family offices as its investors, later followed by foundations and endowments. As the hedge fund market continued to boom, investment from corporate and public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds led to a more institutionalized investor base. Global institutions are continuing to expand allocations to hedge funds once again as total hedge fund investment surpassed an estimated $3.96 trillion at the end of Q2 2021, which was the strongest first half performance in a calendar year since 1999 (Hedge Fund Research Inc.'s (HFI) Global Hedge Fund Industry Report).
Are family offices heading back to hedge funds? Do family offices have the appetite for long-short equity hedge funds, which were the best performing broad strategy in 2020, according to data from HFI. During this discussion, Sherry Witter, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of The Witter Family Office will share her insight on the state of the hedge fund market, portfolio allocation and the growth and protection of family assets in today's turbulent environment.
Fireside Chat: The Evolution of the Hedge
Fund Industry
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Session Details
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 - AFTERNOON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 - MORNING
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 - AFTERNOON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 - MORNING
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
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We continue to prioritize the health and safety of our personnel and guests. As part of our protocols, we will be requiring proof of vaccination.
Additionally, prior to your visit please complete a screening questionnaire covering a series of health-related questions prior to entering our office space each day. See directions here.
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The summit will also be available via livestream.
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DIGITAL FINANCE SUMMIT
FINTECH FOUNDRY BY SHEARMAN PRESENTS
The Future of Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies and Stablecoins
9:00–9:45 am
Barney
Reynolds
Partner
Global Head of the
Financial Services
Industry Group
Shearman & Sterling
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PROGRAM
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FINTECH INSIGHTS
FinTech M&A Trends & Issues
This report provides an overview of FinTech M&A deal activity, discusses its drivers, and offers insights into how financial institutions, FinTechs, and investors can prepare for transactions in 2022.
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Our US market entry guide, published in collaboration with the UK Department for International Trade and HM Treasury, outlines the likely legal and regulatory considerations, as well as potential pitfalls, for a FinTech firm looking to scale its business to the US.
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Entering the US Market: A Guide for FinTech Firms
Session 1
Central banks around the world are now entering the phase of experimentation with digital currency. Though in the early days, they are building capacity to harness blockchain technology despite a myriad of risks and challenges. Regulators have started bringing stablecoins within the regulatory perimeter and are closely monitoring the broader crypto ecosystem. This panel discussion will explore the current and future state of CBDCs and the regulation of stablecoins in conversation with representatives from central banks and major global financial regulatory supervisors.
Session 1
The Future of Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies and Stablecoins
PANELISTS
The Regulatory Compass: Global Perspective and Local Insights
Session 2
9:00–9:45 am
Crypto Going Mainstream:
The Institutionalization of Digital Assets
Session 3
9:00–9:45 am
The Nexus of Disputes, Enforcement and Crypto
Session 6
9:00–9:45 am
Tackling FinTech Antitrust Issues in the US and EU:
A Look into the Future
Session 5
9:00–9:45 am
M&A Outlook: Looking Ahead in Times of Uncertainty
Session 4
9:00–9:45 am
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
9:00–9:45 am
In Conversation with Coinbase on Restructuring, Insolvency and Opportunities
Session 8
9:00–9:45 am
ESG and FinTech: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Session 7
9:00–9:45 am
Partner
Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory
Shearman & Sterling
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Mark
Chorazak
PANELISTS
New leadership at the U.S. banking agencies, evolving areas of focus at the international level, and changes in the competitive environment will impact the regulatory environment for FinTech companies. This panel unpacks these macro issues, explores how they may affect the regulatory process and looks at the challenges facing FinTechs in building an effective legal and compliance architecture.
The Regulatory Compass: Global Perspective and Local Insights
Session 2
Partner
Global Financial
Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Shearman & Sterling
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Jennifer
Morton
Of Counsel
Shearman & Sterling
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Simon
Dodds
Partner
Derivatives &
Structured Products Shearman & Sterling
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Geoff
Goldman
SPEAKERS
Notwithstanding the current turmoil in the digital asset markets, financial institutions, investment funds and corporations continue to explore the space and are finding uses for the trading and custody of digital assets and related products. This panel will discuss the increasing interest on the part of institutions in digital assets and related services, including the use of custody, prime brokerage, lending arrangements, derivatives and structured products involving digital assets. We will also look at the ongoing development of foundational documentation for these activities.
Crypto Going Mainstream:
The Institutionalization of Digital Assets
Session 3
Partner
Litigation
Shearman & Sterling
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Katherine
Stoller
Partner
Litigation
Shearman & Sterling
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John
Nathanson
Partner
Litigation
Shearman & Sterling
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Daniel
Laguardia
PANELISTS
The recent uptick in enforcement actions by DOJ, SEC, CFTC and state agencies has involved digital assets. This panel will discuss recent developments and enforcement actions in the BSA/AML and sanctions arenas as they impact digital asset exchanges and other institutions. It will also cover civil litigation activity and issues in digital finance and, among other things, the tension between traditional concepts and modern “trustless” transactions.
The Nexus of Disputes, Enforcement and Crypto
Session 6
Partner
Antitrust, Global Antitrust Practice Group Leader
Shearman & Sterling
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David
Higbee
Partner
Antitrust
Shearman & Sterling
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Elvira
Aliende Rodriguez
PANELISTS
Antitrust scrutiny grows with market share. Heading into 2023, antitrust strategy isn’t optional. This session will review current antitrust enforcement issues in the industry in the United States and Europe and offer insight into how antitrust principles could shape the evolution of digital markets.
Tackling FinTech Antitrust Issues in the US and EU:
A Look into the Future
Session 5
Partner
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
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Lara
Aryani
PANELISTS
Digital Finance is redefining the manner and pace in which financial products and services are delivered. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for digital products and services in fundamental ways. This panel will discuss recent deal activity, discuss its drivers and offer insights into what to expect for transactions in 2023.
M&A Outlook: Looking Ahead in Times of Uncertainty
Session 4
Partner
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
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Roger
Morscheiser
Partner
Emerging Growth,
Capital Markets,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
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Alan
Bickerstaff
Partner
Emerging Growth
Shearman & Sterling
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Cassandra
Cuellar
PANELISTS
Since the 2008 financial crisis, entrepreneurs, investors and everyday people have been drawn to the promise of a decentralized financial system, resulting in the emergence of Web 3.0 and crypto companies as serious disrupters to traditional financial and technology business models. As decentralization models emerge to address perceived issued related to the centralization of power in traditional digital business models, new business structures have developed to reconcile the goals of a more decentralized system with the realities of establishing and growing a business. This panel will explore the evolution of Web 3.0 business models and structures.
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
Partner
Emerging Growth
Shearman & Sterling
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Carmelo
Gordian
Partner and Chairman, Financial Restructuring & Insolvency
Shearman & Sterling
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Mark
Shapiro
PANELISTS
The recent spell of US bankruptcy cases—from crypto lenders Voyager Digital and Celsius Network to data storage and crypto mining company Compute North Holdings—alongside the demise of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows has signaled the dawn of a ‘crypto winter.’ The rise in distress in the Digital Assets space, accompanied by significant volatility in the markets and high inflation, has presented a whole suite of opportunities and novel issues that are being tested, litigated, and negotiated—many for the first time. In times like these, there will be winners and losers: on the one hand, new opportunistic M&A will occur, as will consolidation in the industry and potentially stronger industry leaders, while on the other hand, certain companies will liquidate or reduce in size or prominence. In this conversation, we will explore the changing dynamics in the digital asset space and discuss what the future looks like as it relates to distressed opportunities.
In Conversation with Coinbase on Restructuring, Insolvency and Opportunities
Session 8
Partner
Private Equity and
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
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Omar
Samji
Partner
Capital Markets
Shearman & Sterling
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Emily
Leitch
PANELISTS
Record inflows of capital to ESG investing have influenced a material shift in the financial services sector. The disruptiveness and the drive for technological innovation that FinTech brings to the heart of financial services attracts the attention of ESG agenda-setters. By design, technology enables transparency, efficiency and accountability. ESG is not only about who won the match but also about how well they played the game. FinTech has a pivotal role to play in accelerating the path to achieving ESG goals. This panel will cover ESG trends across the FinTech sector including FinTech products and services, impact investing, technology platforms and inclusion initiatives.
ESG and FinTech: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Session 7
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Emerging Growth
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Antitrust, Global Antitrust Practice Group Leader Shearman & Sterling
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Litigation
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Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech
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Global Head of
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Antitrust
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Roberta B. Cherman
Mark Chorazak
Cassandra Cuellar
Associate
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Governance & ERISA
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JAI GARG
Geoff Goldman
Carmelo Gordian
David Higbee
Partner
Tax
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Partner
Capital Markets
Shearman & Sterling
Jennifer Morton
John Nathanson
Donna ParisI
Barnabas "Barney" Reynolds
Elvira Aliende Rodriguez
GUEST SPEAKERS
EMILY LEITCH
LORENZ HASELBERGER
DANIEL LAGUARDIA
GILLIAN EMMETT MOLDOWAN
ROGER MORSCHEISER
Partner
Private Equity and
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
Partner and Chairman Financial Restructuring & Insolvency
Shearman & Sterling
Partner
Tax
Shearman & Sterling
Partner
Litigation
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Omar Samji
Mark Shapiro
Michael Shulman
Katherine Stoller
Partner
Emerging Growth,
Capital Markets,
Mergers & Acquisitions Shearman & Sterling
Alan Bickerstaff
Chief Commercial Officer
Shearman & Sterling
Robert Brown
Of Counsel
Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory
Shearman & Sterling
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Partner, Emerging Growth, Capital Markets,
Mergers & Acquisitions, Shearman & Sterling
Alan Bickerstaff is a partner in the Emerging Growth, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions practices. He represents entrepreneurs and public and private emerging growth companies on private equity and venture capital financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, formation, operations and corporate governance matters and securities law reporting and compliance matters.
Alan represents companies in the technology, media, telecommunications, medical device and life sciences, consumer products, energy and renewable energy industries. He also represents institutional investors in venture capital financings and private equity transactions as well as underwriters in public securities offerings.
He is quoted in the press, and is a frequent speaker and author, on venture capital financings, startups, IPOs and securities laws matters.
Additionally, Alan is engaged with the Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech Foundry, a program designed to promote community support and networking, share insights and thought leadership, and deliver advice and mentorship to the FinTech ecosystem globally.
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Alan Bickerstaff
Lara Aryani
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shearman & Sterling
Lara Aryani is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Shearman & Sterling. Her practice includes the representation of clients on a broad range of complex strategic transactions, including public and private and domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, minority investments, joint ventures, consortium investments, divestitures and carve-outs. She has experience across a wide range of industry sectors, including technology, fintech, media and broadcasting, renewable and transitional energy, oil and gas, chemicals, industrials, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and financial services. Lara’s clients include multinational corporations and their boards (or special committees of the board), as well as hedge fund and private equity sponsors, family offices and pension funds.
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Simon Dodds
Of Counsel, Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory, Shearman & Sterling
Simon Dodds is Of Counsel in the Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory practice in Shearman & Sterling's London office.
Simon was formerly Co-General Counsel at Deutsche Bank AG. Simon joined Deutsche Bank in 1999 as General Counsel U.K. based in London, when Deutsche Bank acquired Bankers Trust Company, at which he had been Managing Director in the legal department. In 2001 he became General Counsel for the U.K. and Western Europe. Between 2010 and 2013, Simon was Global Head of Compliance at Deutsche Bank. In January 2013 he became Co-Deputy General Counsel. In January 2016 he became Co-General Counsel. Prior to joining Bankers Trust, Simon was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York and London.
Simon's broad experience includes advising the board and senior management on legal and regulatory matters across corporate and investment banking, global markets, asset and wealth management. Simon has also advised on major litigation and regulatory enforcement matters, as well as all types of legal and regulatory matters relating to transactions, sales and trading, bank lending and outsourcing.
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Partner, Capital Markets and Head of the São Paulo Office, Shearman & Sterling
Roberta Berliner Cherman is a partner in our Capital Markets group and the head of our São Paulo office, as well as a member of the firm’s Latin America Practice Group.
Roberta works on a variety of transactional and advisory matters. She re-joined the firm in 2017 after almost a decade holding senior positions in Europe and Brazil at Itaú Unibanco, the largest private financial institution in Latin America. Roberta began her career as a Capital Markets associate in our New York office.
Roberta has been named Finance Lawyer of the Year in Latin America by Euromoney’s Women in Business Law Awards 2022.
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Partner, Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory, Shearman & Sterling
Mark Chorazak is a partner in Shearman’s Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group. His practice centers on providing strategic bank regulatory advice to domestic and foreign banks, non-bank financial institutions, and financial technology firms.
Mark’s expertise covers the full spectrum of banking law, from traditional bank regulatory issues to cutting-edge regulatory and legislative developments. He regularly counsels on issues arising under key U.S. banking laws, including the Dodd-Frank Act and the Bank Holding Company Act. Among other areas, Mark advises on authority and control questions, fintech and financial innovation issues, chartering and expansionary proposals, corporate governance practices, affiliate transaction restrictions, Volcker Rule compliance, anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance, and enforcement actions. In addition, he advises on capital and debt offerings and private investments in bank and non-bank financial institutions. He has obtained regulatory approvals on a wide range of transactions, including for some of the largest bank mergers.
Mark has been recognized as a leader in the financial services space, including by Chambers USA, where clients described him as “incredibly knowledgeable” and “highly perceptive.” He is also recognized as a “Rising Star” by IFLR1000. Prior to private practice, Mark was a law clerk for the Hon. John W. Noble, Delaware Court of Chancery.
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Mark Chorazak
Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shearman & Sterling
Roger Morscheiser is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Shearman & Sterling. Roger represents clients, including corporates, private equity and financial institutions, on a variety of significant and complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, both public and private, as well as strategic and minority investments, joint ventures, corporate governance and other corporate matters.
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Roger Morscheiser
Partner, Emerging Growth, Shearman & Sterling
Carmelo Gordian is a partner in the Emerging Growth practice at Shearman & Sterling. He focuses on life science, software, telecommunications, semiconductor and energy sector companies. He is known as a leader in the Texas venture capital and private equity community and has been recognized by Chambers & Partners USA as a senior statesperson in its Texas -Technology: Corporate & Commercial directory. Carmelo has represented buyers and sellers in numerous transactions in North and South America, Europe and Asia. He has acted as counsel in 55 public offering transactions with 27 transactions representing the company, 25 transactions representing underwriters and three transactions advising significant shareholders. He has also acted as company and investment counsel on several hundred private offerings principally venture financings over the past 30 years. Carmelo advises companies and boards of directors on corporate governance issues as well as serving as counsel to special committees formed by boards of directors and has an active practice representing GPs and LPs of hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital and real estate funds. These funds range from several tens of millions of dollars to multibillion-dollar funds. Carmelo is often quoted in the press, and is a frequent speaker and author, on emerging growth, venture capital and IPOs among other topics.
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Partner, Derivatives & Structured Products, Shearman & Sterling
Geoffrey Goldman is a partner in the Derivatives & Structured Products practice.
He regularly advises derivatives clearinghouses, trading facilities, trade repositories and other infrastructure providers on market structure, development of rules and documentation and commodities, securities and other regulatory issues. He also has extensive experience structuring and documenting over-the-counter derivatives transactions of all types, particularly credit and equity derivatives. He also has broad experience representing issuers, underwriters and users of structured products and structured transactions, including credit and commodity linked securities and synthetic and cash-flow collateralized debt obligation transactions.
He regularly advises market participants with respect to commodities, securities and other regulatory issues related to derivatives and other financial products (including implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and other regulatory reforms). He has also advised clients on structuring public and private commodity pools.
Geoffrey represents major U.S. and foreign financial institutions, clearing organizations and trading facilities (such as IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and its subsidiaries), other derivatives infrastructure providers, corporate users of derivatives, hedge funds and industry groups.
He is a regular speaker on derivatives topics at Practising Law Institute, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, ABA, New York City bar and Futures Industry Association and other industry association conferences and events.
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Geoff Goldman
Jai Garg
Associate, Compensation, Governance & ERISA, Shearman & Sterling
Jai Garg is an associate in the Compensation, Governance & ERISA practice. He focuses on a wide variety of compensation and benefit-related matters, with a particular focus on issues that arise in connection with M&A transactions and capital markets. He regularly advises both U.S. and non-U.S. companies regarding equity-based incentives, employment arrangements, disclosure, corporate governance, and securities and tax law compliance.
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Cassandra Cuellar
Partner, Emerging Growth, Shearman & Sterling
Cassandra Cuellar is a partner in the Emerging Growth practice.
Cassandra represents emerging companies, entrepreneurs and venture capital investors in a broad range of corporate transactions, primarily in the context of venture capital financings, public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. She counsels companies throughout their lifecycle on matters ranging from pre-incorporation planning, company formations, fundraising strategies, private financings, IPOs, follow-on offerings, as well as M&A and general corporate compliance matters. Cassandra also counsels venture capital investors, such as investment funds, corporate venture capital investors and angel investors, on investment strategy, divestments and other portfolio company matters.
Cassandra is a member of the firm’s FinTech Foundry program, which supports the FinTech-related activities of our clients and the wider global FinTech ecosystem including financial institutions, FinTech startups, accelerators and incubators, venture capital and private equity investors, and policymakers.
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Partner, Tax, Shearman & Sterling
Lorenz Haselberger is a partner in the Tax practice. He focuses primarily on the taxation of financial instruments and the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, inbound investments, capital markets offerings and debt restructurings. He regularly advises major financial institutions, sovereign investors, funds and domestic and multinational companies.
From 2012 to 2013, he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Patrick Higginbotham on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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Lorenz Haselberger
Partner, Compensation, Governance & ERISA, Shearman & Sterling
Gillian Emmett Moldowan partner in the Compensation, Governance & ERISA practice. She advises companies, boards of directors, executives and investors on compensation and benefit matters, including equity-based incentives, deferred compensation programs and employment, retention and severance arrangements. Her practice focuses in particular on issues that arise at the intersection of human capital management and corporate governance and in securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions transactions. She regularly counsels clients on disclosure, trading rules (including Section 16) and the negotiation of executive employment arrangements. Gillian also advises on the applicability of federal securities law, tax law and general employment-related legal issues.
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Gillian Emmett Moldowan
Partner, Litigation, Shearman & Sterling
Daniel Laguardia is a partner in the firm's Litigation practice and Head of the Bay Area Offices. He has represented individuals, corporations, and various financial institutions including banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, mutual funds and private equity funds, in securities litigation, internal investigations, regulatory matters and complex commercial litigation. He has extensive litigation experience across a broad spectrum of substantive areas, including securities and complex financial products, financial markets, mergers & acquisitions disputes, shareholder actions, distressed debt and bankruptcy issues, and commercial contracts, and he has achieved a strong record of success for clients in trial and appellate courts.
In addition to the representation of clients in all aspects of strategic litigation planning and practice, Mr. Laguardia regularly counsels clients on pre-dispute situation management, risk-control, high exposure transactions, compliance, and board governance issues. He conducts internal investigations for clients and board committees and reviews and advises on corporate compliance provisions, governance structures, and controls.
Mr. Laguardia was a law clerk to Judge Anthony J. Scirica of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, from 1999 to 2000 and to Judge David G. Trager, U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y., from 1998 to 1999. He speaks frequently on matters of practice and ethics, has been repeatedly recognized by Benchmark Litigation, and is the former chair of the Committee on Securities Litigation of the New York City Bar. He is also a past hiring partner for the Firm and co-chair of the Firm’s associate development committee.
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Daniel Laguardia
Partner, Capital Markets, Shearman & Sterling
Emily Leitch is a partner in the Capital Markets practice. She has represented clients in multibillion-dollar transactions and counsels clients on SEC disclosure obligations and corporate governance matters. Emily is proactive in helping her clients strengthen their ESG commitments and transition to more environmentally friendly energy sources and practices. She is an officer of the ESG Committee of the Institute for Energy Law and routinely speaks at energy conferences on these topics. For example, Emily spoke at the Kayo Women’s Energy Transition Summit on the topic “Is ESG Driving M&A in Energy and Power?” Emily regularly works with clients across various industries on equity offerings, debt offerings, and complex mergers and acquisitions transactions. She also counsels public companies on corporate governance issues and compliance with reporting obligations under U.S. federal securities laws and stock exchange rules. Prior to her legal career, Emily was an investment banker.
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Emily Leitch
Partner, Antitrust, Global Antitrust Practice Group Leader, Shearman & Sterling
David Higbee is a partner in the Antitrust practice, Global Antitrust Practice Group Leader, Head of the Washington, D.C. Office and Americas Regional Managing Partner.
He focuses on antitrust government and internal investigations, merger review and complex litigation matters. He has represented clients in varied industries including defense, oil and gas, financial services and technology. David works regularly on matters before the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
David previously served at the Department of Justice as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Chief of Staff of the Antitrust Division. In that capacity, he advised the Assistant Attorney General on all matters related to the enforcement of the U.S. antitrust laws and oversaw investigations, civil litigation, and criminal prosecutions. At the Department of Justice, David also served as Deputy Associate Attorney General, and as Counsel to the U.S. Attorney General and White House Liaison. He was designated a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. David led transition planning for the Antitrust Division during the change in Administrations between 2016-2017.
David also served at the White House under President George W. Bush as Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Presidential Personnel, advising the President on the appointment of senior officials throughout the Executive branch.
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David Higbee
Partner, Antitrust, Shearman & Sterling
Elvira Aliende Rodriguez is a partner in the Antitrust practice.
She focuses on Spanish and EU competition law.
Elvira advises clients across a range of sectors, including air transport, chemicals, telecommunications, energy, pharmaceuticals, steel, hotel accommodation, textiles and financial services. She has extensive experience in advising clients on Article 101 (restrictive agreements) and the equivalent provisions under Spanish law. She has also participated in State aid procedures and in Article 102 (abuse of dominance) cases before the EU competition authorities. She has in-depth knowledge of working before the European Commission and the European Courts.
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Elvira Aliende Rodriguez
Global Head of Financial Services, Shearman & Sterling
Barnabas (Barney) Reynolds is Global Head of the Financial Services Industry Group and a member of the firm's Executive Group and FinTech Foundry.
Barney advises all types of financial market participant as well as governments on the London, European and global markets. He has a wealth of experience in FinTech, having advised numerous clients at various stages of their life cycle. He focuses on financial institution law, regulation and legal risk management, both domestically and cross-border. He works with industry bodies and regulators and gives evidence before Parliamentary Committees. He has helped set up new legal and regulatory regimes, such as ADGM in the UAE, which is now financial centre number 26 in the world (within just over 3 years) according to the Z/Yen index.
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Barnabas "Barney" Reynolds
Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech, Shearman & Sterling
Donna Parisi is the Global Head of Finance, FinTech and Head of the Family Office Group at Shearman & Sterling where she advises clients on the full range of derivatives, structured products, securitization, capital markets, finance, digital assets and commodities matters. Donna is a member of the Firm’s Executive Group, Derivatives Team Leader and spearheads Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech Foundry and Shearman Women, a program which helps foster new and strengthened relationships with our colleagues, clients, alumni and other professional women, promoting a more inclusive culture that offers a genuinely collaborative work environment.
Donna works with clients in developing and structuring new financial products and has extensive experience in the negotiation and documentation of OTC derivative transactions across all asset classes, including digital assets. Donna has broad and deep knowledge of financial institutions, regulatory requirements and the evolving business landscape.
Donna is a prominent thought leader and frequently serves as a moderator or panelist at events organized by the Financial Times, Global Business Blockchain Council, Innovate Finance, Glass Hammer, Thomson Reuters, WISER and the Practising Law Institute, among others.
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Donna Parisi
Partner, Litigation, Shearman & Sterling
John Nathanson is a partner in the firm’s Litigation practice. His practice focuses on United States Department of Justice inquiries, Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory matters, internal investigations and civil securities litigation.
Prior to joining the firm in 2009, Mr. Nathanson served for five years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where he was assigned to the Business and Securities Fraud Unit for four years. Mr. Nathanson also served as Acting Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Unit. During his time at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Nathanson investigated and prosecuted numerous securities fraud matters, including cases involving CDOs (Bear Stearns asset managers), options backdating, private investment in public equity (“PIPE”), insider trading and other complex accounting and securities frauds.
Before the U.S. Attorney’s Office, from 2001 to 2004, Mr. Nathanson served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Frauds Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. While an ADA, Mr. Nathanson investigated and prosecuted securities and other business fraud cases, including the successful prosecution of brokerage D.H. Blair & Co., Inc. and several of its executives. Prior to becoming an ADA, Mr. Nathanson worked as an associate at Clifford Chance, Rogers & Wells, primarily on complex securities litigation and investigation matters.
Mr. Nathanson was recognized in 2013-2015 by The Legal 500 for his white collar criminal defense work. In Benchmark Litigation’s 2022 guide, Mr. Nathanson was named a “Litigation Star” and a “National Practice Area Star.
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John Nathanson
Partner, Global Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory, Shearman & Sterling
Jennifer Morton is a partner in the global Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory practice. She provides advice to market participants on a worldwide basis with respect to regulatory, transactional, trading and markets issues, with particular emphasis on U.S. regulation of securities broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, clearing agencies and exchanges.
Jennifer represents U.S. banks and broker-dealers, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi Private Bank and Citigroup Global Markets, on a range of trading and markets issues, with particular emphasis on broker-dealer regulation and regulation of private banks and wealth management organizations; global banks and broker-dealers, with particular emphasis on research, trading, and capital markets issues. Prior to joining the Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group, Ms. Morton was a member of the firm’s Capital Markets Group. where she represented issuers and financial institutions in connection with securities offerings, including shelf registrations and take-downs of equity and investment grade debt, Rule 144A/Reg. S high yield debt offerings, tender offers and consent solicitations.
In addition, Jennifer is an active member in the firm’s FinTech Foundry, a program designed to promote community support, provide thought leadership and deliver mentorship and advice to FinTech-related activities of our clients and the wider global FinTech ecosystem.
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Jennifer Morton
Partner, Litigation, Shearman & Sterling
Katherine Stoller, a partner in the Firm’s Litigation practice, has wide-ranging experience involving white-collar criminal defense, internal investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, and securities and other complex litigation. She regularly represents financial institutions in cross-border investigations, with a focus on allegations of financial crime.
Katherine’s practice focuses on the representation of corporations, financial institutions, and individuals in investigations involving allegations of securities fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, economic sanctions violations, price fixing, accounting fraud, insider trading and the False Claims Act. She has represented companies and individuals under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. She frequently represents financial institutions in parallel regulatory and criminal investigations.
Katherine also represents clients in a wide range of civil litigation, including securities and contract disputes. She has experience representing clients located outside the United State in cross-border litigation as well as enforcement investigations.
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Katherine Stoller
Partner, Tax, Shearman & Sterling
Michael Shulman has been Tax Team Leader since 2008. His practice focuses primarily on the taxation of financial instruments, real estate transactions, and the formation and operations of hedge funds, private equity funds and regulated investment companies. He also has wide-ranging experience in domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and has advised on numerous debt restructuring transactions.
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Michael Shulman
Partner and Chairman, Financial Restructuring & Insolvency, Shearman & Sterling
Mark Shapiro is a Partner and Chairman of the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency Group and a member of the Executive Committee at Shearman & Sterling. Prior to joining Shearman & Sterling, Mark was Managing Director & Head of Restructuring at a multi-billion-dollar global hedge fund. In addition, Mark also spent 12 years as an investment banker and Head of Restructuring at Barclays and Lehman Brothers. He has extensive experience as an investor, investment banker and law firm restructuring, financing and bankruptcy partner, working successfully on some of the most complex distressed situations in the US and internationally over his 30-year career. He has successfully formed and led ad hoc creditor and equity holder committees in many distressed situations as well as worked on the company side of many large restructurings and is known for finding creative and commercial solutions to complex problems.
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Mark Shapiro
Partner, Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisition, Shearman & Sterling
Omar Samji is a Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions partner and co-leads the firm’s Energy Innovation team.
He represents companies and investors in M&A, joint ventures, and project development in cutting edge sectors of the energy industry including: hydrogen; carbon capture, use and sequestration (CCUS); energy storage; and green industry. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of low carbon energy and decarbonization.
Omar is recognized as a “Most Effective Dealmaker” (Texas Lawyer 2020) and described by clients as a "very measured" lawyer who delivers "fantastic results” (Chambers USA).
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Omar Samji
Yuval
Rooz
Co-Founder and
Chief Executive Officer Digital Asset
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
9:00–9:45 am
FinTech's Hottest Market:
Latin America
Session 8
9:00–9:45 am
Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency: Navigating the Tax and Compensation Landscape
SESSION 10
9:00–9:45 am
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
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Alan Bickerstaff
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Cassandra Cuellar
SPEAKERS
Since the 2008 financial crisis, entrepreneurs, investors and everyday people have been drawn to the promise of a decentralized financial system, resulting in the emergence of Web3.0 and crypto companies as serious disrupters to traditional financial and technology business models. As decentralization models emerge to address perceived issued related to the centralization of power in traditional digital business models, new business structures have developed to reconcile the goals of a more decentralized system with the realities of establishing and growing a business. This panel will explore the evolution of Web 3.0 business models and structures.
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
Of Counsel
Shearman & Sterling
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Carmelo Gordian
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Roberta Cherman
SPEAKERS
2021 was a record setting year in Latin America with investments exceeding $16 billion. This represents more dollars invested than the previous five years combined – exceptional by any standard. FinTech accounted for approximately 42% of the invested dollars and was by far the leading vertical in Latin America. This panel will discuss recent successes and trends throughout the region with a focus on 2021 and developing trends in 2022 and beyond.
FinTech's Hottest Market:
Latin America
Session 8
Partner
Tax
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Michael Shulman
Partner
Compensation,
Governance & ERISA
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Gillian
Emmett Moldowan
PANELISTS
In recent years, the market for digital assets has evolved in dramatic ways, including the volume of transactions in digital assets, the broad adoption of newer digital asset classes like stablecoins and proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies and the use of digital assets in so-called “decentralized finance” or “DeFi.” As a consequence, there is growing interest in investing in, compensating with, and using digital assets more broadly, all while navigating various legal issues in a still developing market and regulatory landscape. This roundtable discussion will focus on (i) various practical, securities and tax considerations and trends in the use of digital assets in compensating service providers and (ii) certain tax considerations that have become more pressing in view of recent developments in the market for digital assets, including the general characterization of digital assets for tax purposes, the application of the commodities trading safe harbor, the straddle rules of section 1092 and the mark-to-market rules of section 475, and the tax treatment of crypto lending, wrapping and staking rewards.
Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency: Navigating the Tax and Compensation Landscape
SESSION 10
Partner
Tax
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Lorenz
Haselberger
Associate
Compensation,
Governance & ERISA
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Jai
Garg
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Chief Legal
Officer
Fidelity Digital Assets
TALIS SEJA
Co-Founder and
Chief Executive Officer Digital Asset
Yuval ROOZ
Chief Executive
Officer
Global Blockchain
Business Council
Sandra Ro
General Counsel
Blockchain Capital
H. JOSHUA RIVERA
Senior Managing Director
Tech Investment Banking
SVB Securities
HENRY PINNELL
Chief Legal Officer, Fidelity Digital Assets
Talis Seja has been at Fidelity Investments since 2012 and is the Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Digital Assets. As the lead counsel supporting the launch and development of Fidelity’s digital assets business, Talis works closely with the senior management team on all legal and regulatory matters affecting the company. Talis also collaborates with leaders across Fidelity on new products and initiatives involving blockchain technology and digital assets. Before joining Fidelity, Talis practiced finance, derivatives, and banking law at law firms in Boston, New York City, and Washington D.C. He is a graduate of the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Georgetown University Law Center and also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In addition to his legal practice, from 2011 to 2015 Talis served as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Latvia for Massachusetts.
Talis Seja
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Asset
Yuval is a visionary leader at the intersection of finance and technology.
Under Yuval’s leadership, Digital Asset has grown from a fledgling start up to a leading enterprise blockchain company whose technology is used by top institutions and market infrastructures around the globe. With a vision for a world where businesses seamlessly connect regardless of the underlying technology, he is taking Digital Asset to the next level by creating a Global Economic Network that will fundamentally change the future of business and how companies interact.
Previously, Yuval managed an algorithmic trading desk at DRW Trading and he launched DRW Venture Capital as a member of the firm’s investment team. He also worked as a developer at Citadel.
Yuval serves on the Board of Directors of the Global Blockchain Business Council and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. He is based at the company’s headquarters in New York City.
Yuval Rooz
Chief Executive Officer, Global Blockchain Business Council
Sandra Ro serves as CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council, the largest and leading global industry association for blockchain and digital assets. As a proponent of ‘human-centric tech,’ Sandra advances responsible innovation and inclusion as an angel investor, board director, advisor, guest lecturer, media commentator and cofounder of social impact and tech start-ups.
From investment banking and currency markets to blockchain technology, Sandra has spent her career advocating using digital tools to solve big societal problems.
She holds an M.B.A. from London Business School, studied Computer Science at Columbia University, and earned a double B.A. degree from Yale University.
Sandra Ro
H. Joshua Rivera
General Counsel, Blockchain Capital
Joshua Rivera is the General Counsel of Blockchain Capital. Joshua is an expert in the legal and regulatory issues attending various aspects of the blockchain technology industry including cryptocurrencies, token protocols, digital asset securities and decentralized finance, and he has extensive experience analyzing the blockchain industry’s rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. Joshua works with the investment team in assessing salient legal questions pertinent to prospective and current portfolio companies and brings to bear his legal expertise and connections to help forecast the ongoing development of the industry.
Before joining Blockchain Capital, Joshua worked as a senior associate at Cooley LLP where he was part of the firm’s cryptocurrency and blockchain practice counseling exchanges, investors and blockchain developers. While at Cooley, he also advised traditional venture capital firms, startup companies and investment banks on a broad array of business transactions, including private financings, public offerings and ongoing public company regulatory compliance.
Prior to Cooley, Joshua worked as an associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP where he advised companies and financial institutions on various commercial matters including capital markets offerings, credit financings, mergers and acquisitions, asset management transactions and real estate ventures.
Joshua received a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.S. of Business Administration and second major in Philosophy with highest distinction from the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill.
Henry Pinnell
Senior Managing Director, Tech Investment Banking, SVB Securities
Henry Pinnell is a Senior Managing Director of Tech Investment Banking at SVB Securities focused on Financial Technology. In this role, he helps lead the firm’s Fintech investment banking capabilities. With over 15 years of investment banking experience, he has gained extensive experience originating, planning, & executing strategic and financing transactions both in the private and public markets.
Henry joined the firm in 2021 from Barclays Bank PLC where he was most recently a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division where he led the firms Emerging FinTech franchise. He has built extensive relationships and advised on milestone transactions for industry leading companies, founders and investors such as Affirm, Better, Upstart, Oportun, Pagaya, Earnest, Onemain Financial, CBOE, TMX Group & Options Clearing Corp.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies at the University of Leeds. He serves as a board member of Greenwich House, a charitable organization based in downtown New York City.
Chief Compliance Officer
Gemini
CHRIS MARIADASON
Chief Executive Officer
Quantinuum
ILYAS KHAN
Associate
General Counsel
Coinbase
MEGHAN KING
President and Chief Executive Officer, Partnership Fund for New York City
Maria Gotsch
Agnes N. Williams Professor and Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center
CHRIS BRUMMER
Chris Mariadason
Chief Compliance Officer, Gemini Trust Company
Christopher Mariadason joined Gemini as the Director, Head of Program Governance - Compliance in June of last year and was recently promoted to Chief Compliance Officer. Before joining Gemini, Mr. Mariadason worked for more than eight years at Morgan Stanley, including as a money-laundering prevention officer at Morgan Stanley’s private bank. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Mariadason worked in the financial-crime unit at credit-card company American Express.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Asset
Ilyas founded CQ in 2014 and is the CEO of Quantinuum, the company created as a result of the merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum.
He is the Leader in Residence at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School where he was instrumental in establishing the highly regarded Accelerate Cambridge programme of investment in early-stage Cambridge-based deep-science technology sector companies. Ilyas was the inaugural Chairman of The Stephen Hawking Foundation, holding the post until 2019. He is also the founding Chairman (non-executive) of the Topos Institute. He is also a fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge.
Ilyas has been a supporter and advocate of open-access academic journals and is one of the founders of the Diamond open-access journal “Compositionality”.
Ilyas Khan
Associate General Counsel, Coinbase
Meghan E. King is Associate General Counsel in the Regulatory Legal Group at Coinbase, based in New York. She specializes in analyzing the regulatory impact of proposed product developments, acquisitions, and capital investments. She routinely advises on regulatory issues relating to the CFTC, SEC, FDIC and state money transmitter requirements as such requirements may apply to digital assets. She is the lead regulatory counsel for Coinbase on stablecoin related matters.
Prior to joining Coinbase, Meghan was an associate in the Financial Institutions Group at Davis Polk & Wardwell where she focused on her practice on the requirements, impact and implementation of financial regulatory reform legislation. Prior to Davis Polk, Meghan was an associate in the Derivatives & Structured Finance Group at Allen & Overy. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature & Political Science from Northwestern University.
Meghan King
President and Chief Executive Officer, Partnership Fund for New York City
New York City, New York’s leading business organization. The Fund has built a network of top venture capital and corporate experts to identify and support the city’s most promising entrepreneurs to create jobs, spur new business and expand opportunities for New Yorkers.
In addition to leading the Fund’s investments and operations, Maria has spearheaded the creation of the Fund’s strategic initiatives, helping grow the city’s innovation sectors, including fintech and commercial life sciences. These initiatives include: the FinTech Innovation Lab; New York Digital Health Accelerator; Transit Tech Lab; NY Fashion Tech Lab; NYCSeed; BioAccelerate Prize NYC (proof-of-concept funding for university-based biomedical research); Arts Entrepreneurial Loan Fund; ReStart Central and Financial Recovery Fund (assistance and funding for small businesses impacted by 9/11/01); and, the NYC Small Business Resource Network (assistance for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 economic shutdown).
Maria has been featured in Crain’s “Most Powerful Women in New York,” “Notable Women in Tech,” and “Notable Women on Wall Street”; City & State’s “The Life Sciences Power 50”; and Institutional Investor’s The FinTech Finance 40.
Before joining the Fund in 1999, Maria was Managing Director at BT Wolfensohn (now part of Deutsche Bank), providing strategic and financial advice related to mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and the development of business strategies. Maria also worked at LaSalle Partners and for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in New York and London. Maria has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Wellesley College. She was also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to study international relations at the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland.
Maria is a member of the boards of Sonepar SAS and Sonepar USA Holdings and serves as Chair of the audit committee of Sonepar SAS. Headquartered in Paris and privately-held, Sonepar is the global leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical products and services.
She is also a member of the FINRA FinTech Industry Committee, Hospital for Special Surgery Innovation Advisory Council, the Cornell-Tech Runway Visiting Committee, the New York City Life Sciences Advisory Council, and the ProPublica Leadership Council.
Maria Gotsch
Chris Brummer
Agnes N. Williams Professor and Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Chris Brummer is the Agnes N. Williams Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law. Chris has lent his expertise to policymakers, founders, startups, and nonprofits around the world grappling with some of the most challenging puzzles facing innovation, regulation, and inclusion. Chris graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, earned a Ph.D from the University of Chicago and graduated from law school with honors from Columbia. A frequent speaker and lecturer, Chris was asked to deliver the keynote speech for the SEC’s Black History celebration in 2021, and FinCEN’s Black History celebration in 2022.
Chris serves on the board of directors at Fannie Mae and K2 Integrity, and is a scholar in residence at Paradigm.
SPEAKERS
Chief Commercial Officer, Shearman & Sterling
Robert has a strong background in Quantum Mechanics, completing his Ph.D. in experimental quantum mechanics from Cambridge University. His research concerned the behavior of electrons confined to lower dimensions in nanoscale structures at temperatures approaching absolute zero. Separately, he has also spent time in the Fintech arena serving as interim COO for Innovate Finance, the UK Fintech trade body.
As Chief Commercial Officer at Shearman & Sterling, Robert has responsibilities in many areas of the business with primary focus on development of the firm’s strategy, lateral partner recruiting, client development and revenue generation. He is an integral member of the teams supporting the firm’s largest clients and will frequently lead the pricing negotiations. A financial services professional with over 25 years of experience in the U.K., Europe and the U.S., Robert’s previous experience encompasses asset management, private banking and investment banking. Over the course of his career, Robert has served on the Senior Leadership Group of Barclays, the Operating Committee of Bankers Trust, the Board of Directors of Markit Group and the Board of Directors of Barclays Wealth Funds. He currently serves as Chairman of Marble Point Loan Financing, a collateralized loan financing company listed on the London specialist exchange and as a non-executive director of eToro U.K., a privately held electronic brokerage.
At Barclays, Robert was Head of Global Research and Investments and the Trust and Advisory Businesses which managed approximately £250 billion in client assets in discretionary asset management, funds and banking services as well as trust services and client lending.
Prior to joining Barclays, Robert was Chief Operating Officer responsible for Global Financial Markets – the Global Trading business of ABN AMRO. Responsible for over 1,200 staff in 48 countries, he oversaw all aspects of the business.
Robert was previously an investment banker in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions at Goldman Sachs in New York. Before Goldman Sachs, Robert was the chief of staff to the CEO of Bankers Trust. Robert began his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in London.
Robert has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Cambridge University, and a B.Sc. in Physics with Solid State Electronics from Exeter University.
Robert Brown
Partner, Emerging Growth, Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shearman & Sterling
Alan Bickerstaff is a partner in the Emerging Growth, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions practices. He represents entrepreneurs and public and private emerging growth companies on private equity and venture capital financings, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, formation, operations and corporate governance matters and securities law reporting and compliance matters.
Alan represents companies in the technology, media, telecommunications, medical device and life sciences, consumer products, energy and renewable energy industries. He also represents institutional investors in venture capital financings and private equity transactions as well as underwriters in public securities offerings.
He is quoted in the press, and is a frequent speaker and author, on venture capital financings, startups, IPOs and securities laws matters.
Additionally, Alan is engaged with the Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech Foundry, a program designed to promote community support and networking, share insights and thought leadership, and deliver advice and mentorship to the FinTech ecosystem globally.
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Alan Bickerstaff
Partner
Mergers & Acquisitions Shearman & Sterling
Lara Aryani
PANELISTS
Global Head of Finance FinTech & Head of the Family Office Group
Shearman & Sterling
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Donna
Parisi
SPEAKERS
Chief
Compliance Officer
Gemini Trust Company
Christopher Mariadason
General Counsel Blockchain Capital
Joshua
Rivera
CEO
Global Blockchain
Business Council
Sandra
Ro
SPEAKER
SPEAKERS
Agnes N. Williams
Professor and Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law
Georgetown University
Law Center
Chris
Brummer
Senior Managing Director Tech Investment Banking SVB Securities
Harry
Pinnell
Partner
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Roger
Morscheiser
SPEAKERS
SPEAKER
SPEAKERS
President and
Chief Executive Officer Partnership Fund for
New York City
Maria
Gotsch
Associate
General Counsel
Coinbase
Meghan
King
Partner
Emerging Growth
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Carmelo
Gordian
SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
Partner
Emerging Growth,
Capital Markets,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Alan
Bickerstaff
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
9:00–9:45 am
FinTech's Hottest Market:
Latin America
Session 8
9:00–9:45 am
Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency: Navigating the Tax and Compensation Landscape
SESSION 10
9:00–9:45 am
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
9:00–9:45 am
In Conversation with Coinbase on Restructuring, Insolvency and Opportunities
Session 8
9:00–9:45 am
An Exclusive Wine Tasting
with Karen MacNeil
5:45 - 7:15 PM
The Nexus of Disputes, Enforcement and Crypto
4:40 - 5:20 PM
ESG and FinTech:
Put Your Money
Where Your Mouth Is
4:05 - 4:35 PM
Crypto Going Mainstream:
The Institutionalization of Digital Assets
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Quantum Computing
and the Next Leap
in Financial Services
3:05 - 3:25 PM
Welcome Address
3:00 - 3:05 PM
Registration
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Alan Bickerstaff
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Cassandra Cuellar
SPEAKERS
Since the 2008 financial crisis, entrepreneurs, investors and everyday people have been drawn to the promise of a decentralized financial system, resulting in the emergence of Web3.0 and crypto companies as serious disrupters to traditional financial and technology business models. As decentralization models emerge to address perceived issued related to the centralization of power in traditional digital business models, new business structures have developed to reconcile the goals of a more decentralized system with the realities of establishing and growing a business. This panel will explore the evolution of Web 3.0 business models and structures.
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
Of Counsel
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Carmelo Gordian
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Roberta Cherman
SPEAKERS
2021 was a record setting year in Latin America with investments exceeding $16 billion. This represents more dollars invested than the previous five years combined – exceptional by any standard. FinTech accounted for approximately 42% of the invested dollars and was by far the leading vertical in Latin America. This panel will discuss recent successes and trends throughout the region with a focus on 2021 and developing trends in 2022 and beyond.
FinTech's Hottest Market:
Latin America
Session 8
Associate
Compensation,
Governance & ERISA
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Jai
Garg
Partner
Tax
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Lorenz
Haselberger
Partner
Compensation,
Governance & ERISA
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Gillian
Emmett Moldowan
PANELISTS
In recent years, the market for digital assets has evolved in dramatic ways, including the volume of transactions in digital assets, the broad adoption of newer digital asset classes like stablecoins and proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies and the use of digital assets in so-called “decentralized finance” or “DeFi.” As a consequence, there is growing interest in investing in, compensating with, and using digital assets more broadly, all while navigating various legal issues in a still developing market and regulatory landscape. This roundtable discussion will focus on (i) various practical, securities and tax considerations and trends in the use of digital assets in compensating service providers and (ii) certain tax considerations that have become more pressing in view of recent developments in the market for digital assets, including the general characterization of digital assets for tax purposes, the application of the commodities trading safe harbor, the straddle rules of section 1092 and the mark-to-market rules of section 475, and the tax treatment of crypto lending, wrapping and staking rewards.
Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency: Navigating the Tax and Compensation Landscape
SESSION 10
Partner
Emerging Growth,
Capital Markets,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Alan
Bickerstaff
SPEAKERS
Partner
Emerging Growth,
Capital Markets,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Alan
Bickerstaff
Partner
Emerging Growth
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Cassandra
Cuellar
PANELISTS
Since the 2008 financial crisis, entrepreneurs, investors and everyday people have been drawn to the promise of a decentralized financial system, resulting in the emergence of Web 3.0 and crypto companies as serious disrupters to traditional financial and technology business models. As decentralization models emerge to address perceived issued related to the centralization of power in traditional digital business models, new business structures have developed to reconcile the goals of a more decentralized system with the realities of establishing and growing a business. This panel will explore the evolution of Web 3.0 business models and structures.
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
Partner
Emerging Growth
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Carmelo
Gordian
Associate
General Counsel
Coinbase
Meghan
King
Partner and Chairman, Financial Restructuring & Insolvency
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Mark
Shapiro
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
Partner
Emerging Growth
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Carmelo
Gordian
The recent spell of US bankruptcy cases—from crypto lenders Voyager Digital and Celsius Network to data storage and crypto mining company Compute North Holdings—alongside the demise of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows has signaled the dawn of a ‘crypto winter.’ The rise in distress in the Digital Assets space, accompanied by significant volatility in the markets and high inflation, has presented a whole suite of opportunities and novel issues that are being tested, litigated, and negotiated—many for the first time. In times like these, there will be winners and losers: on the one hand, new opportunistic M&A will occur, as will consolidation in the industry and potentially stronger industry leaders, while on the other hand, certain companies will liquidate or reduce in size or prominence. In this conversation, we will explore the changing dynamics in the digital asset space and discuss what the future looks like as it relates to distressed opportunities.
In Conversation with Coinbase on Restructuring, Insolvency and Opportunities
Session 8
Founder at
Karen MacNeil & Company
Karen
MacNeil
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
Please join us as we close day one of the summit with an exclusive wine tasting with world-renowned wine expert Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible. During this private tasting, we will taste great wines from around the world that represent a way that technology is transforming the wine industry.
Karen MacNeil is the only American to have won every major wine award given in the English language. These include the James Beard award for Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year, the Louis Roederer award for Best Consumer Wine Writing and the International Wine and Spirits award as the Global Wine Communicator of the Year. In a full-page profile on her, TIME Magazine called Karen “America’s Missionary of the Vine.” Karen has been named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Wine.”
An Exclusive Wine Tasting
with Karen MacNeil
5:45 - 7:15 PM
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Katherine
Stoller
Chief Compliance
Officer at
Gemini
Christopher Mariadason
General
Counsel at
Blockchain Capital
H. Joshua
Rivera
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
John
Nathanson
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Daniel
Laguardia
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
The recent uptick in enforcement actions by DOJ, SEC, CFTC and state agencies has involved digital assets. This panel will discuss recent developments and enforcement actions in the BSA/AML and sanctions arenas as they impact digital asset exchanges and other institutions. It will also cover civil litigation activity and issues in digital finance and, among other things, the tension between traditional concepts and modern “trustless” transactions
The Nexus of Disputes, Enforcement and Crypto
4:40 - 5:20 PM
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Emily
Leitch
President and
Chief Executive Officer at
Partnership
Fund of NYC
Maria
Gotsch
PANELISTS
SPEAKER
Record inflows of capital to ESG investing have influenced a material shift in the financial services sector. The disruptiveness and the drive for technological innovation that FinTech brings to the heart of financial services attracts the attention of ESG agenda-setters. By design, technology enables transparency, efficiency and accountability. ESG is not only about who won the match, but also about how well they played the game. FinTech has a pivotal role to play in accelerating the path to achieving ESG goals. This panel will cover ESG trends across the FinTech sector including FinTech products and services, impact investing, technology platforms and inclusion initiatives.
ESG and FinTech:
Put Your Money
Where Your Mouth Is
4:05 - 4:35 PM
Global Head of
Financial Services
and FinTech
Shearman & Sterling
Donna
Parisi
Chief Legal
Officer at
Fidelity Digital Assets
Talis
Seja
Co-Founder and
Chief Executive
Officer at
Digital Asset
Yuval
Rooz
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
Notwithstanding the current turmoil in the digital assets market, financial institutions, investment funds and corporations continue to explore the space and are finding uses for the trading and custody of digital assets and related products. This panel will discuss institutions’ increasing interest in digital assets and related services, including the use of custody, prime brokerage and structured products involving digital assets.
Crypto Going Mainstream:
The Institutionalization of
Digital Assets
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Co-Founder and
Chief Executive Officer Digital Asset
Yuval
Rooz
Chief
Commercial
Officer at
Shearman & Sterling
Robert
Brown
Chief Executive
Officer at
Quantinuum
Ilyas
Khan
SPEAKERS
PANELISTS
The opening session will explore the frontiers of computing and science with Ilyas Khan, CEO and Founder of Quantinuum and Cambridge Quantum Computing. This is a rare opportunity to hear the thoughts of one of the leaders in the revolutionary field of Quantum Computing. Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize many areas of business and research and we hope to understand the current state and future evolution, and in particular, its impact on the financial services industry. We look to gain insight on the current state of operational quantum computing and likely future development.
Quantum Computing
and the Next Leap
in Financial Services
3:05 - 3:25 PM
Partner
Global Financial
Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Shearman & Sterling
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Jennifer
Morton
Of Counsel
Shearman & Sterling
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Simon
Dodds
Senior
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
David
Beveridge
Agnes N. Williams
Professor and Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law
Georgetown University
Law Center
Chris
Brummer
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
New leadership at the U.S. banking agencies, evolving areas of focus at the international level, and changes in the competitive environment will impact the regulatory environment for FinTech companies. This panel unpacks these macro issues, explores how they may affect the regulatory process and looks at the challenges facing FinTechs in building an effective legal and compliance architecture.
Welcome Address
3:00 - 3:05 PM
Partner
Global Head of the
Financial Services
Industry Group
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Barney
Reynolds
PANELISTS
CEO
Global Blockchain
Business Council
Sandra
Ro
SPEAKER
Central banks around the world are now entering the phase of experimentation with digital currency. Though in the early days, they are building capacity to harness blockchain technology despite a myriad of risks and challenges. Regulators have started bringing stablecoins within the regulatory perimeter and are closely monitoring the broader crypto ecosystem. This panel discussion will explore the current and future state of CBDCs and the regulation of stablecoins in conversation with representatives from central banks and major global financial regulatory supervisors.
The Future of Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies and Stablecoins
Session 1
DAY ONE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Head of Sales &
Customer Success at
OakNorth
Hugh
Shannon
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Omar
Samji
Managing Director
Digital Financer
Institute of
International Finance
Jessica Renier
Jessica Renier
Managing Director of Digital Financer, Institute of International Finance
Jessica Renier is Managing Director of Digital Finance at the Institute of International Finance. She previously served as Program Associate Director at the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President. In this role, she oversaw a range of Federal Government agencies, including the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Treasury, Commerce, and the Small Business Administration. She also previously served as Senior Counselor for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as well as Senior Advisor in the office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance where she led the Department’s financial technology and innovation policy, with subject matter expertise in digital assets, smart contracts, and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining Treasury, she was a manager in Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy & Operations practice for the banking and securities industry, specializing in blockchain technology and digital identity. Renier previously worked at the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Dallas, J.P. Morgan Securities, and the Hoover Institution. She holds an M.B.A. from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, an M.A. in Defense and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College, and a B.A. in Economics, Communication, and Spanish from Trinity University. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve
Head of Sales & Customer Success OakNorth
HUGH SHANNON
Hugh Shannon
Head of Sales & Customer Success of OakNorth
Hugh Shannon is Head of Sales & Customer Success of OakNorth, the creator of the ON Credit Intelligence Suite, the first data-driven SaaS that gives commercial lenders a bottom-up, forward-looking view at both the borrower and portfolio level. Prior to OakNorth, Hugh was Director at global financial advisory and asset management firm, Lazard, and Associate Director at UBS Investment Bank. Hugh is originally from Australia.
Head of
Investment Banking
Galaxy Digital
MICHAEL ASHE
Michael Ashe
Head of Investment Banking, Galaxy
Michael Ashe is Head of Investment Banking at Galaxy. Prior to joining the firm, he helped lead emerging and industrial technology investment banking at Oppenheimer & Co. There, he focused on originating and executing capital raising initiatives and strategic advisory for mid-cap and small-cap companies.
Camilo Kejner
Managing Partner, Angel Ventures
Camilo Kejner is Managing Partner at Angel Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in Latin America with $150 million in assets under management focused on early stage investments with high growth potential in the Pacific Alliance region. AV was founded in 2008, as the first angel investor network in Mexico. This created the setting to launch its first two funds, having invested in 76 start-ups in over 13 countries, including the first Mexican Fintech unicorn. As an angel investor, Camilo is an active board member of a number of start-ups across industries such as Media, Proptech, and Foodtech.
Prior to Angel Ventures and between 2011 and 2013, Camilo was a board member, consultant, and COO for seven start-ups in the technology, retail, and specialty retail sectors which collectively raised more than $163MM in venture capital backing. From 2006 to 2011, he was a top executive at EMI Music where, as Senior Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer, he ran the company’s international division and managed more than $900MM in revenue. Prior to EMI, he ran the LATAM region for New Line Cinema, establishing 17 start-up operations in Latin America territories to support “The Lord of the Rings” franchise.
He holds a BBA in management and marketing from UCS in Argentina and an MBA from The Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Managing Partner
Angel Ventures
Camilo Kejner
Principal
Mercury Fund
SAMANTHA LEWIS
General Counsel
FTX US
RYNE MILLER
Principal, Mercury Fund
Samantha Lewis is a Principal at Mercury. Her specific focus is on Mercury’s Power theme, where she seeks to fund startups utilizing web3, data platforms and fintech to rethink the way people access capital and opportunity, build wealth, spend money and organize as communities. Samantha currently serves on the boards of Mercury portfolio companies Topl, a Web3 stealth infrastructure platform, Civitech and Cooklist.
In 2022 Samantha became a Kauffman Fellow, joining the world’s premier venture capital fellowship. She currently serves as the elected Startup Committee Chair for the VC3 DAO, a native web3 investment DAO made up of a vetted network for professional venture capital professionals.
Prior to joining Mercury, Samantha was the Investment Director at Goose Capital, a Houston-based investment group of serial entrepreneurs and F500 CEOs, where she led deal sourcing, structuring and portfolio management. During her time at Goose, she led investments in Syzygy Plasmonics, Rufus Labs, and Emerge. Samantha is a repeat entrepreneur with a background spanning agribusiness, logistics and supply chain, beauty, and deep tech.
Samantha received her MBA from Rice University and a B.A. in Political Science from Texas A&M University. Samantha remains deeply committed and involved in the efforts to build diverse, robust innovation ecosystems. Outside of Mercury, Samantha actively mentors founders and serves on the Advisory Council for Diversity VC Standard and the Investment Committee for DivInc.
Samantha Lewis
Ryne Miller
Senior Partner, Shearman & Sterling
David Beveridge is Senior Partner of Shearman & Sterling, where he leads the strategic direction and operations of the firm. Prior to assuming this role, David served in various roles across the firm, including as its Global Managing Partner, Regional Managing Partner-Americas and Capital Markets-Americas Practice Group Leader in the firm’s New York office. He also previously headed the Capital Markets-Europe practice in London, where he practiced for over a decade. He represents both issuers and underwriters in the full spectrum of debt, equity and hybrid security offerings, including high yield and IPOs, and has extensive experience with cross-border private equity, acquisition financing and debt restructuring transactions. David has been named a leading practitioner for capital markets by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Chambers UK, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal and PLC Which Lawyer. He graduated from the University of Texas Law School where he achieved Order of the Coif distinction and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Washington and Jefferson College.
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David Beveridge
Senior Partner
Shearman & Sterling
DAVID BEVERIDGE
IN CONVERSATION
PANEL
PANEL
PANEL
General Counsel, FTX US
Ryne Miller is General Counsel at FTX, a brand new US-regulated cryptocurrency exchange, built from the ground up. Before joining FTX, Ryne was a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and co-head of their commodities, futures & derivatives practice. Prior to that, Ryne was legal counsel to CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler and a staff attorney in the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight. Before that he worked as a law clerk for Magistrate Judge Steven P. Shreder in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Ryne has a LL.M. from the New York University School of Law and a JD from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He has a bachelors degree in Economics from Oklahoma State University.
Sarah Elliott
Bank Director, Anchorage Digital
Sarah is an independent director and Chair of the Audit Committee on the board of Anchorage Digital Bank, the first federally chartered digital asset bank. From its inception through its acquisition in 2022 by Hazel, a joint venture of Ribbit Capital and Walmart, Sarah was the General Counsel (GC), Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), and Corporate Secretary at ONE - a digital banking platform that integrated spending, saving, borrowing, and sharing in one account using one card. Prior to ONE, Sarah was the first GC and CCO at Azlo, a bank-owned tech company providing banking services to small businesses, and the first lawyer and Head of Compliance at Blend, a digital platform providing mortgage and banking products to banks and lenders. She also founded the 94104 Exchange, a San Francisco-based forum for fintech lawyers and compliance professionals that facilitates “the unregulated exchange of ideas.” Before moving to San Francisco to build things, Sarah was an attorney at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and at Buckley LLP, and a Principal at Promontory Financial Group, in Washington, DC.
Bank Director
Anchorage Digital
Sarah Elliott
Jeremy Solomon
Partner, Nyca Partners
Jeremy Solomon is a Partner at Nyca Partners, where he leads the firm’s credit and proptech investment efforts. Prior to joining Nyca, Jeremy was Cofounder and CFO of Aven, a Nyca portfolio company. Before Aven, Jeremy was the Chief Capital Officer at Affirm in addition to leadership roles at Lending Club and SoFi. Jeremy received his MBA from Harvard Business School and undergraduate degree from Indiana University.
Partner
NYCA Partners
JEREMY SOLOMON
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
9:00–9:45 am
Closing Drinks
Reception
4:40 - 6:30 PM
9:00–9:45 am
Closing Remarks
4:35 - 4:40 PM
9:00–9:45 am
The Regulatory Compass:
New Pressures on FinTechs for Effective Legal and Compliance Management
PANEL
4:00 - 4:30 PM
9:00–9:45 am
Latin America:
FinTech's Hottest Market
IN CONVERSATION
3:35 - 3:55 PM
9:00–9:45 am
Decentralization:
The Evolving Web 3.0
Business Model
IN CONVERSATION
3:10 - 3:30 PM
9:00–9:45 am
Navigating the Digital Assets &
Cryptocurrency Tax and
Compensation Landscape
PRESENTATION
2:45 - 3:05 PM
9:00–9:45 am
M&A Outlook:
Looking Ahead in Times
of Uncertainty
PANEL
2:00 - 2:40 PM
9:00–9:45 am
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM
9:00–9:45 am
The Other Side of the Coin:
Restructuring, Insolvency,
and Opportunities
IN CONVERSATION
12:35 - 12:55 PM
9:00–9:45 am
The Future of Money:
Central Bank Digital Currencies
and Stablecoins
PANEL
12:00 - 12:30 PM
9:00–9:45 am
Registration
Session 1
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
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Alan Bickerstaff
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Cassandra Cuellar
SPEAKERS
Since the 2008 financial crisis, entrepreneurs, investors and everyday people have been drawn to the promise of a decentralized financial system, resulting in the emergence of Web3.0 and crypto companies as serious disrupters to traditional financial and technology business models. As decentralization models emerge to address perceived issued related to the centralization of power in traditional digital business models, new business structures have developed to reconcile the goals of a more decentralized system with the realities of establishing and growing a business. This panel will explore the evolution of Web 3.0 business models and structures.
Decentralization: The Evolving Web 3.0 Business Model
Session 9
Partner
Emerging Growth
Shearman & Sterling
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Carmelo
Gordian
Associate
General Counsel
Coinbase
Meghan
King
Partner and Chairman, Financial Restructuring & Insolvency
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Mark
Shapiro
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
Partner
Emerging Growth
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Carmelo
Gordian
The recent spell of US bankruptcy cases—from crypto lenders Voyager Digital and Celsius Network to data storage and crypto mining company Compute North Holdings—alongside the demise of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows has signaled the dawn of a ‘crypto winter.’ The rise in distress in the Digital Assets space, accompanied by significant volatility in the markets and high inflation, has presented a whole suite of opportunities and novel issues that are being tested, litigated, and negotiated—many for the first time. In times like these, there will be winners and losers: on the one hand, new opportunistic M&A will occur, as will consolidation in the industry and potentially stronger industry leaders, while on the other hand, certain companies will liquidate or reduce in size or prominence. In this conversation, we will explore the changing dynamics in the digital asset space and discuss what the future looks like as it relates to distressed opportunities.
In Conversation with Coinbase on Restructuring, Insolvency and Opportunities
Session 8
Partner
Private Equity and
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Omar
Samji
President and
Chief Executive Officer Partnership Fund for
New York City
Maria
Gotsch
Partner
Capital Markets
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Emily
Leitch
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
Record inflows of capital to ESG investing have influenced a material shift in the financial services sector. The disruptiveness and the drive for technological innovation that FinTech brings to the heart of financial services attracts the attention of ESG agenda-setters. By design, technology enables transparency, efficiency and accountability. ESG is not only about who won the match but also about how well they played the game. FinTech has a pivotal role to play in accelerating the path to achieving ESG goals. This panel will cover ESG trends across the FinTech sector including FinTech products and services, impact investing, technology platforms and inclusion initiatives.
ESG and FinTech: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Session 7
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Mark
Chorazak
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Jennifer
Morton
Bank Director at
Anchorage Digital
Sarah
Elliott
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
New leadership at U.S. banking agencies, evolving areas of focus at the international level, and changes in the competitive landscape will impact the regulatory environment for FinTech companies. This panel unpacks these macro issues, explores how they may affect the regulatory process, and looks at the challenges facing FinTechs in building an effective legal and compliance architecture.
The Regulatory Compass:
New Pressures on FinTech
for Effective Legal and
Compliance Managemant
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Carmelo
Gordian
Managing
Partner at
Angel Ventures
Camilo
Kejner
PANELISTS
2021 was a record setting year in Latin America with investments exceeding $16 billion. This represents more dollars invested than the previous five years combined–exceptional by any standard. FinTech accounted for approximately 42% of the invested dollars and was by far the leading vertical in Latin America. This session will discuss recent successes and trends throughout the region with a focus on 2021 and developing trends in 2022 and beyond.
Latin America:
FinTech's Hottest Market
3:35 - 3:55 PM
Partner
Emerging Growth,
Capital Markets,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Alan
Bickerstaff
SPEAKERS
Partner
Emerging Growth,
Capital Markets,
Mergers & Acquisitions
Shearman & Sterling
Alan
Bickerstaff
Principal
Mercury Fund
Samantha
Lewis
PANELISTS
Since the 2008 financial crisis, entrepreneurs, investors and everyday people have been drawn to the promise of a decentralized financial system, resulting in the emergence of Web 3.0 and crypto companies as serious disrupters to traditional financial and technology business models. As decentralization models emerge to address perceived issued related to the centralization of power in traditional digital business models, new business structures have developed to reconcile the goals of a more decentralized system with the realities of establishing and growing a business. This panel will explore the evolution of Web 3.0 business models and structures.
Decentralization:
The Evolving Web 3.0
Business Model
3:10 - 3:30 pm
Partner
Litigation
Shearman & Sterling
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Katherine
Stoller
Chief
Compliance Officer
Gemini Trust Company
Christopher Mariadason
General Counsel Blockchain Capital
Joshua
Rivera
Partner
Litigation
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
John
Nathanson
Partner
Litigation
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Daniel
Laguardia
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
The recent uptick in enforcement actions by DOJ, SEC, CFTC and state agencies has involved digital assets. This panel will discuss recent developments and enforcement actions in the BSA/AML and sanctions arenas as they impact digital asset exchanges and other institutions. It will also cover civil litigation activity and issues in digital finance and, among other things, the tension between traditional concepts and modern “trustless” transactions.
The Nexus of Disputes, Enforcement and Crypto
Session 6
Associate at
Shearman & Sterling
Jai
Garg
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Lorenz
Haselberger
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Gillian
Emmett Moldowan
PANELISTS
In light of the expanded cryptocurrency market, there is growing interest in investing in, compensating with, and using digital assets more broadly, all while navigating complex tax and securities laws and regulations that were, in most cases, formed without cryptocurrencies in mind. This panel will provide an overview of several recent developments in this space as examples of these key considerations, including (i) the tax treatment of the Ethereum “merge” and its treatment under cryptocurrency lending agreements and (ii) the use of profits interest structures for compensation plans related to cryptocurrency.
Navigating the Digital Assets &
Cryptocurrency Tax and Compensation Landscape
2:45 - 3:05 PM
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Lara
Aryani
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Roger
Morscheiser
Partner at
Nyca Partners
Jeremy
Solomon
Head of Investment
Banking at
Galaxy Digital
Michael
Ashe
Senior Managing
Director
Silicon Valley Bank
Henry
Pinnell
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
Digital Finance is redefining the manner and pace in which financial products and services are delivered. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the demand for digital products and services in fundamental ways. This panel will explore recent deal activity and its drivers, and provide insight into what to expect for transactions in 2023.
M&A Outlook: Looking Ahead in Times of Uncertainty
2:00 - 2:40 PM
Partner
Antitrust, Global Antitrust Practice Group Leader
Shearman & Sterling
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David
Higbee
Partner
Antitrust
Shearman & Sterling
VIEW FULL BIO
Elvira
Aliende Rodriguez
PANELISTS
SPEAKER
Antitrust scrutiny grows with market share. Heading into 2023, antitrust strategy isn’t optional. This session will review current antitrust enforcement issues in the industry in the United States and Europe and offer insight into how antitrust principles could shape the evolution of digital markets.
Tackling FinTech Antitrust Issues in the US and EU:
A Look into the Future
Session 5
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Sara
Coelho
Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech
Shearman & Sterling
Donna
Parisi
PANELISTS
SPEAKERS
The recent spell of US bankruptcy cases—from crypto lenders Voyager Digital and Celsius Network to data storage and crypto mining company Compute North Holdings—alongside the demise of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows has signaled the dawn of a ‘crypto winter.’ The rise in distress in the Digital Assets space, accompanied by significant volatility in the markets and high inflation, has presented a whole suite of opportunities and novel issues that are being tested, litigated, and negotiated—many for the first time. In times like these, there will be winners and losers: On one hand, new opportunistic M&As will occur, as will consolidation in the industry and potentially stronger industry leaders. On the other hand, certain companies will liquidate or reduce in size or prominence. In this conversation, we will explore the changing dynamics in the digital asset space and discuss what the future will look like as it relates to distressed opportunities.
The Other Side of the Coin:
Restructuring, Insolvency
and Opportunities
12:35 - 12:55 PM
Golbal Head of
Financial Services at
Shearman & Sterling
Barney
Reynolds
Managing Director
Digital Finance at
Institution of
International Finance
Jessica
Renier
Chief Executive
Officer at
Global Business
Blockchain Council
Sandra
Ro
PANELISTS
SPEAKER
Central banks around the world are now entering the phase of experimentation with digital currency. Though in the early days, they are building capacity to harness blockchain technology despite a myriad of risks and challenges. Regulators have started bringing stablecoins within the regulatory perimeter and are closely monitoring the broader crypto ecosystem. This panel discussion will explore the current and future state of CBDCs and the regulation of stablecoins in conversation with representatives from central banks and major global financial regulatory supervisors.
The Future of Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies and Stablecoins
12:00 - 12:30PM
DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Professor and
Faculty Director,
Institute of International Economic Law at
Georgetown University
Law Center
Chris
Brummer
Editor-at-Large
The Block
Frank ChaparRo
Frank Chaparro
Editor-at-Large, The Block
Frank Chaparro covers the intersection of financial markets and digital assets as Editor-at-Large at The Block. Since joining the publication in 2018 as its first reporter, he has played a key role in building The Block into a leader in financial journalism and research with 170 staff globally. He leads special projects, including The Block's flagship podcast, The Scoop. He also lends his voice as an expert on crypto to CNBC, Fox Business and has been quoted in the Washington Post, Fortune, CNBC, Axios and many other media outlets. Prior to The Block, he held roles at Business Insider, NPR, and Nasdaq. For inquiries or tips, email Fchaparro@TheBlock.co.
Partner
Klaros Group
JONAH CRANE
Jonah Crane
Partner, Klaros Group
Jonah Crane is an experienced advisor to financial technology companies with innovative products or business models. Jonah provides creative advice on business and product strategy, regulatory and compliance risk, and regulatory engagement. He excels where business model and product innovations don’t fit easily within existing regulatory frameworks, and has helped companies such as Plaid and Monzo navigate complex regulatory frameworks. Jonah has also helped financial regulators around the World develop policy frameworks to facilitate innovation and financial inclusion, and led the drafting of the first comprehensive code of conduct for trading digital assets. Jonah served as a Senior Advisor and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Treasury Department from 2013-2017, with responsibility for financial stability and regulatory coordination. Prior to that, Jonah was an advisor to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer on financial regulatory policy, including the Dodd-Frank Act and JOBS Act. Jonah was previously a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Milbank LLP in New York City.
Partner
Klaros Group
Jonah
Crane
Partner at
Shearman & Sterling
Mark
Shapiro
Partner
Shearman & Sterling
SARA COElho
Partner, Capital Markets and Head of the São Paulo Office, Shearman & Sterling
Sara Coelho is a partner in the Financial Restructuring & Insolvency practice and also spends some of her time working with the Finance practice on private credit, direct lending and specialty finance transactions.
Her FR&I practice focuses on restructuring and debtor-creditor rights. She represents debtors, creditors and creditor groups, acquirers, equity owners and other investors in a wide range of insolvency matters, including risk mitigation and planning, acquisitions of distressed or reorganized companies, liability management transactions, chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings, cross-border insolvencies, resolution planning, and other matters.
Her Finance experience includes acting for creditors and agents on a variety of private credit, direct lending and special situation financings, for both acquisition, capital refinancing and liquidity management-related purposes, across a range of sectors, as well as DIP financings and exit financings.
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Sara Coelho
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