Algorand is a leading layer 1 blockchain invented by Turing award-winning MIT professor, Silvio Micali.- Sole counsel, hiring to team of four. Efficiently managing legal spend down by 70%. - Counsel for Pera wallet with swap, staking functions; overseeing ecosystem & marketing comms.- Company Secretary, member of Risk & Reg Committee & Investment Committee deploying +$100m. - Led all legal, compliance, corporate governance and board matters for group with nine subsidiaries in Cayman, Hong Kong, Ireland, Portugal, Singapore, UK, US in compliance with US, UK and EU regulations. - Crisis managed reputational fall-out from adverse media from mention in SEC lawsuits; hacking of main ecosystem wallet; botting of hackathon; exposure to bankruptcies; employee & counterparty disputes.- Implemented finance & treasury management with $50m OTC/structured selling deals; market-making; fiat/crypto loans; fund investments & exits; custodian arrangements; tax & regulatory structuring; and audit matters. - Negotiated partnerships for buying tokenised money market funds with MiCA-regulated digital euros, humanitarian aid remittance in Afghanistan, rewards integration on major exchanges for USDC on Algorand, UN bodies on educating staff on blockchain adoption and state-actors in India, UAE & Nigeria.- Facilitated ventures and investments by executing over 30 SAFE/SAFT/token warrants; strategic acquisitions & restructurings; protection of IP; renegotiating deals worth $34m in crypto winter.- Engaged in operations & HR matters across 21 jurisdictions; structuring token retention payments; managing disputes; creating 15+ templates reflecting regulatory restrictions, legal protections & process efficiencies.

Founded ‘Phigital’ art gallery, onboarding physical artists into NFT space. Accumulated significant art and NFT collection (including punk8270)

Providing legal, compliance and regulatory advice to states, funds, exchanges, corporates, start-ups and investors in the energy transition, digital transformation, crypto, blockchain and Web3 space, including for clients:- A sovereign wealth fund, using gigawatt utility-scale bitcoin mining to regulate their energy grid.- A crypto exchange, looking to provide financial freedom to the unbanked billion in emerging markets.- Building a loan portfolio of green tech businesses on DAO-governed blockchain platform.

Harnessing the power of the sun to mine gold 2.0. Raised €3m+ for 3.5MW solar bitcoin mining plant in the Middle East in face of regulatory restrictions.

Delivering high quality results, on-time and on-budget, in complex multi-stakeholder projects across time-zones and sectors in developed and emerging markets representing governments, state entities, multinational corporations, investment funds & commercial banks.

Closing $100bn of deals in international banking, energy, infrastructure, project and asset finance space.- Broad experience across banking & finance, commercial contracts, intellectual property, capital markets, M&A, disputes, sanctions & compliance, and legal risk management. -Delivering high quality results, on-time & on-budget, in complex multi-stakeholder matters.- Working with senior government officials and regulators on projects of national significance. - Operating in uncharted territory to make first of their kind projects bankable.