I am a solution-oriented Chief Legal and Compliance Officer with 20+ years of international experience in senior in-house roles and private practice covering legal, regulatory, risk and compliance aspects of business activities of: - Web3 and crypto-assets (CeFi and DeFi), tokenised RWA, blockchain and FinTech companies, including leading digital asset and FinTech firms such as Coinbase and Airwallex; and - global capital markets, derivatives and structured products institutions, including top tier investment banks and Magic Circle law firms such as Deutsche Bank and Linklaters. I have a proven track record of: - advising senior leadership; - building, leading, scaling up and coaching high-performing and happy teams (regional and global; onsite, hybrid and fully remote); - moving teams and processes from zero to one; - acting as a DRI to deliver complex and business -critical projects involving multi-geo cross-functional teams; - structuring novel and complex products; - optimising legal, compliance and operational support for plain vanilla products; - building, uplifting and scaling up legal, risk and compliance frameworks and processes; - formulating and executing new market entry strategies across all market access models; - securing licences and regulatory authorisations; and - managing distressed transactions, and contentious legal and regulatory matters. I am a qualified solicitor (England and Wales) and a holder of master’s degrees in common and civil law.