Latham & Watkins Advises Bitwise on Acquisition of Chorus One

Bitwise Asset Management, a global crypto asset manager with over US$15 billion in client assets, has announced that it has acquired Chorus One, a leading institutional staking provider with over US$2.2 billion in staked assets.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Bitwise in the transaction with a corporate team led by Bay Area partners Saad Khanani and Benjamin Potter and New York partner Daniel Mun, with associates Taylor Wood, Gabe Marx, and Owen Brody. Advice was also provided on fintech regulatory matters by London partner Gabriel Lakeman and New York partner Jenny Cieplak, with associates Ivan Pizeta and Connor Jobes; on compensation benefits matters by Bay Area partner Ashley Wagner, with associate Will Fowler; on tax matters by associates Jake Meninga and Jack Santoro; on intellectual property matters by Orange County/Los Angeles partner Ghaith Mahmood, with associates Azzam Chaudhry and Enrique Covarrubias; on data privacy and cybersecurity matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown, with associate Zac Alpert; on sanctions matters by London partner Robert Price, with associate Michelle Taylor; on antitrust/FDI matters by Hamburg partner Jana Dammann and Brussels partner Luca Crocco; and on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by London partner Clare Nida, with associate Robert Hanratty.