Latham & Watkins Advises Robinhood in Acquisition of Bitstamp

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (Robinhood) has closed its acquisition of Bitstamp Ltd. (Bitstamp), a global cryptocurrency exchange. Bitstamp was founded in 2011 and has offices in Luxembourg, the UK, Slovenia, Singapore, and the US. This acquisition significantly accelerates Robinhood Crypto’s expansion worldwide. Bitstamp holds over 50 active licenses and registrations globally and brings customers across the EU, UK, US, and Asia to Robinhood.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Robinhood in the transaction with a corporate team led by Bay Area partner Greg Roussel, with associates Jennifer Cadet, Jesse Lake, and Alexander Nagorny.* Advice was also provided on US financial regulatory matters by New York partners Yvette Valdez and Jenny Cieplak, and Washington, D.C. partner Parag Patel, with associates Mikhail Bushinski, Adam Fovent, and Mia Stefanou; on tax matters by London partners Sean Finn and Aoife McCabe and Bay Area partner Katharine Moir, with associates Richard Liu and Brian Rogers; on employment matters by London partner Kendall Burnett and Century City/Bay Area partner Julie Crisp, with associates Harriet Gray** and Aaron Tso; on intellectual property/data privacy matters by London partner Fiona Maclean and Bay Area partner Robert Blamires, with associates Calum Docherty, Irina Vasile, Oscar Bjartell, Clarence Cheong, Kathryn Parsons-Reponte, and Grace Erskine; on sanctions matters by London partner Robert Price and Washington, D.C. counsel Ruchi Gill, with associates Tom Lane, Amaryllis Bernitsa, and Joelle Hageboutros; on anti-bribery/anti-corruption matters by London partner Pamela Reddy; and on antitrust/foreign direct investment matters by Brussels/London partner David Little, Hamburg partner Jana Dammann, and Brussels counsel Philipp Studt, with associates Panya Baldia*** and Daphné Van der Eycken.

*Admitted to Practice in Russia Only

**Admitted to Practice in Scotland Only

*** Admitted to Practice in Washington, D.C. Only