LIVE SESSION
- Risk, legal, and compliance professionals at financial institutions and fintech companies.
- Executives and decision-makers navigating the evolving regulatory landscape
- Regulators, policymakers, and legal experts monitoring fintech developments
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- Cryptocurrency Firms
- Law Firms
- Financial Institutions
- Money Services Businesses (MSBs)
- Payments Companies
- Banks
Stefanie Wayco is a member of Duane Morris’ Digital Assets and Blockchain Working Group. She advises clients on a variety strategic business matters including the evolving digital assets regulatory and compliance landscape. She also represents financial services firms in regulatory, enforcement, and high-stakes litigation matters involving the SEC, FINRA, and state regulators. Stefanie is the Co-Chair and Advisory Board Member of Southeastern Women in Financial Services (SWIFS).
Mauro Wolfe leads Duane Morris’ Digital Assets and Blockchain Group and supports over 50 attorneys in the practice. He is a former SEC enforcement attorney and a former federal prosecutor. With substantial expertise in the federal securities laws and substantial experience with technology, Mauro regularly advises domestic and global clients in highly complex crypto regulation and compliance, and cross-border matters.
Joe Silvia counsels financial institutions on M&A, AML, fintech, and regulatory compliance. A former counsel at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, he also chairs the ABA Banking Law Committee and teaches at Chicago-Kent. Joe supports clients on digital asset strategy, licensing, and financial services innovation.
Cris Cicala regularly advises both domestic and international clients on matters involving structured finance, capital markets, and private credit. As a member of Duane Morris LLP's Blockchain and Digital Asset leadership team, Cris applies his 20+ years of legal and investment experience across global markets to structuring crypto transactions and addressing related regulatory matters.
Bates Group is a financial services consulting firm that provides expert advice and guidance to our partners in compliance, litigation, and regulatory matters. Our subject matter experts are highly regarded in their respective fields. For over 40 years, Bates’ exposure to industry challenges, litigation matters, and enforcement actions has given us unique insight into matters that allow us to benefit all our partners.
Duane Morris' multidisciplinary Digital Assets and Blockchain Group, a fast-growing offshoot of the Duane Morris Fintech Industry Group, provides regulatory, litigation, defense and transactional services to clients facing the novel and complex legal issues that arise in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries, domestically and internationally. Our team is composed of lawyers who worked for the U.S. Federal Reserve, state gaming commissions, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice, with vast international experience.
Duane Morris LLP, a law firm with more than 900 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally, is asked by a broad array of clients to provide innovative solutions to today's legal and business challenges. Duane Morris has been recognized by BTI Consulting as both a client service leader and a highly recommended law firm.