Support payments and financial services across the Airbnb platform through: product counseling throughout the product development lifecycle with a focus on, inter alia, payments processing, money transmission, gift cards, stored value, cash advance/lending, BSA/AML compliance and sanctions, debt collection, and unclaimed property/escheatment; overseeing regulatory compliance in U.S. and Canada, including money transmission licensing, examinations, and engagement with regulators; negotiating commercial agreements related to payments processing and product development initiatives; advising on M&A opportunities and integrations; and managing corporate governance for regulated and unregulated payments entities. Corporate Secretary of Airbnb Payments, Inc.

Advised emerging and established payment systems and financial services clients on regulatory compliance, licensing and product development related to money transmission, virtual/crypto-currency, lending, cash advance/factoring, and escrow agent services. Represented and advised clients across antitrust and competition matters, including in federal, state and agency litigation, business combinations under antitrust scrutiny, and Hart-Scott-Rodino federal premerger notification filings.

Managed UN-funded program advising and supporting government initiative holding pre-trial hearings at Liberia’s central prison; facilitated joint class between U.S. and Liberian law schools on access to justice and rule of law; advised government agencies and courts on rule of law development; taught legal writing class to federal judges.