• Sole attorney guiding a generative AI company in growing from 0 to over 1.3 million users and in building a platform for users to manage a digital persona and control how personal information is used.• Enable the switch from a B2B to B2C business model and its monetization. Cut legal bills by two-thirds.• Research and draft reports to guide executives on cutting-edge legal areas and complex regulations, such as “AI and Data Ownership,” “What Laws Prevent the Misuse of Personalized AI Outputs,” and “The Rights of Users to Port Data from Tech Platforms.”• Analyze the AI Act. Steer through the GDPR, CCPA, and other data privacy and protection regulations.• Develop go-to-market strategies to develop products and integrate them with other applications and AI foundation models. Improve customer onboarding from 2 days to 5 minutes. Advise on copyright and IP issues.• Draft corporate governance documents as well as negotiate employee, intellectual property, and commercial agreements. Draft and revise terms of service, privacy policies, and disclaimers.• Navigate through rapidly developing regulations and legal actions in the US and overseas.• Prepare for fundraising. Field inquiries from a $8.7 billion VC firm on its $20 million investment.• Obtain patent approval for a new process for non-custodial techniques for data encryption and decryption.

• Guided executives of a Fortune 500 company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, as the company grew from 1,000 to over 5,000 employees, through the launch of numerous products and services amid some of the company’s most tumultuous markets and legal developments.• Served as the lead legal counsel, in a 90-attorney legal department, to develop Coinbase’s Commerce Platform, allowing businesses to accept over $200 million in payments from customers.• Led the legal analysis of 100s of digital assets for their potential inclusion on Coinbase’s exchange (adding over 80 tokens, doubling the amount of tradable assets and adding hundreds of billions of dollars in trading volume for the company). Advised on how to launch cryptocurrencies and digital assets.• Negotiated numerous commercial agreements, services agreements, as well as prime brokerage agreements. Advised executives on blockchain and securities regulations as well as data privacy laws in the US and abroad.• Collaborated with product and engineering teams in building SaaS products and other services for retail and institutional clients. Handled corporate governance matters.

• Led the negotiations for a 500-attorney Am Law 100 law firm. Advised on US and foreign regulations.• Drafted over 30 in-depth analyses of private equity funds, hedge funds, and venture capital funds in order to undertake investments. Simplified analysis by shortening reports from 25 to 10 pages (and from 200 to 100 key points). Advised institutional investors, managing up to $50 billion, on these investments.• Led the negotiations of investment management agreements, financial services agreements, and numerous other agreements for private equity funds managing over $1 billion, in order to facilitate their investments.

• Oversaw regulatory analysis for the U.S. broker-dealer of the world’s second-largest bank holding company.• Led the negotiations of numerous ISDAs, MSLAs, CDEAs, master repurchase agreements, prime brokerage agreements, futures agreements, and other trading agreements.• Managed research on and adherence to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and numerous other regulations to comply with applicable rules. Analyzed numerous regulatory developments overseas.

• Served as the deputy to the Chief Legal Officer of the US division of the $176 billion asset manager of one of the largest European banks in a 35-attorney global legal department. Grew the US legal department from 2 attorneys.• Guided the seeding of 7 startups. Formed and structured more than 50 investment funds, each managing $5 to $100 million. Guided the construction of a $250 million event-driven fund.• Provided general counsel and compliance functions/leadership in the CLO’s/CCO’s absence.• Resolved legal questions and covered emergencies on a real-time basis during the market’s crash and recovery while coordinating directly with portfolio managers, other teams, and clients. • Led negotiations of numerous investment management agreements, prime brokerage agreements, and financial services agreements. Shortened the approval of agreements from 6 months to as little as 4 weeks.• Drafted the compliance manual, policies, and code of ethics. Ensured compliance with data privacy laws.• Implemented the legal work necessary to merge with a $12 billion asset manager, SG Asset Management.• Implemented the legal work necessary to transition from retail to institutional investors, acquiring millions in additional investments. Covered AML issues. Submitted Form ADVs and other regulatory filings.• Produced an RFP submission as part of a two-person team that won a $200 million mandate from the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, which is now a multi-billion-dollar investment.

• Conducted research for the Chief Legal Officer of the global macro fund. Performed due diligence on all ($250 million) underlying funds and investment vehicles in which the fund-of-funds division invested.• Identified and determined the worthiness of investments through engaging in qualitative and quantitative analysis of products, including the analysis of structures, strategies, and performance numbers.