Blockchain Law Summit 2018

Los Angeles , United States

About Blockchain Law Summit 2018

Connecting leading blockchain legal experts with most promising blockchain startups.

SPEAKERS

Chris Housser >Co-Founder of Polymath. Lawyer and technology entrepreneur with a blockchain focus.

Trevor Koverko Trevor Koverko is prominent blockchain founder, investor and speaker. After launching his career at the convergence of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, Trevor became a very early leader in the blockchain community. Trevor has keynoted major blockchain events like The North American Bitcoin Conference and seeded foundation projects like Ethereum, Aion, QTum, Hive, EOS and Shapeshift. In 2017, after predicting the mega-trend of financial securities migrating to the blockchain, Trevor cofounded Polymath - the worlds largest securities token network.

Nima Maleki Nima Maleki works with the firm's corporate and securities arm on projects that include entity formation, venture capital fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, private security offerings, equity and debt financing, and alternative public offerings.

Carol Van Cleef BakerHostetler Partner Carol Van Cleef leads a multidisciplinary team representing numerous clients in digital currency launches, ICOs and token-generating events, operating cryptocurrency exchanges and implementing blockchain technology strategies in new and existing businesses. She provides legal and strategic advice to depository institutions, money services businesses, other financial services companies, FinTech firms and blockchain-related companies on federal and state regulatory, compliance, enforcement and business matters.

Pawneet Abramowski Principal at PARC Solutions LLC. Senior Compliance/Risk Executive with 20+ years’ achievements in the public and private sector and recognized financial crimes risk management (FCRM) subject matter expertise spanning anti-money laundering (AML), fraud, sanctions, anti-corruption, regulation, and compliance. Known for introducing innovative management techniques that improve organizational risk management capabilities.

Jor Law Jor is a co-founder of VerifyInvestor.com, the dominant accredited investor verification service in the world. In addition, Jor practices corporate and securities transactional law in Los Angeles and is a founding shareholder of Homeier Law PC. Jor is most well-known for his expertise in alternative finance, including EB-5, crowdfunding, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). He is the foremost authority on attracting and verifying accredited investors. Jor is heavily involved with building out the ecosystem for digitizing and trading securities on the blockchain.

Brian Klein Brian E Klein is a partner at the litigation boutique Baker Marquart LLP, where his practice focuses on criminal and regulatory defense and civil litigation. He has extensive experience representing clients involved with digital currency and blockchain technology (including many leading entrepreneurs and start-ups). He formerly volunteered as the outside general counsel of the Bitcoin Foundation and served as a US federal prosecutor.

Richard Levin Chair of the Polsinelli Financial Technology (FinTech) and Regulation Practice. Former General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer specializing in the representation of early stage and publicly traded companies in the financial services industry, including broker-dealers, alternative trading systems (ATSs), exchanges, peer to peer lenders, and digital currency platforms. Frequently speaks and writes on the JOBS Act, crowdfund investing, general solicitation under Rule 506(c), regulation of digital currencies, and Blockchain technology.

Matt Miles Co-CEO Aperture. Matt is in charge of all investment and capital funding activities at Aperture. Matt is the driving force behind the structuring and implementation of the launch of Property Coin, the first security token backed by a professionally managed portfolio of fix and flip assets and loans. Matt brings years of experience in the residential real estate space, both from an operator and a structured finance perspective and is focused on the implementation of best practices from the traditional real estate and structured finance world to the security token markets.

Felix Shipkevich Felix Shipkevich is a business attorney and regulatory counsel. His practice focuses on providing counsel to FinTech and financial services firms, including financial technology, payments and emerging digital currency space.

Andrew Jewett Co-CEO Aperture. Andrew oversees all day to day activities at Aperture. in addition to day to day operations, Andrew is part of the team that is launching Property Coin, the first security token backed by a professionally managed portfolio of fix and flip assets and loans. Andrew brings years of experience in the residential real estate space, both from an operator and a structured finance perspective and is focused on the implementation of best practices from the traditional real estate and structured finance world to the security token markets.

Lilya Tessler Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Lilya Tessler focuses her practice on regulatory, general corporate and business issues related to US and non-US broker-dealers, financial services firms, blockchain projects, cryptocurrency funds and financial technology companies.

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Start:
May 24, 2018, 9:00 AM , PST (UTC -8)
End:
May 24, 2018, 6:00 PM , PST (UTC -8)
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