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Profile
Daphne Lambadariou is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Fintech Industry Group.
Daphne advises clients on a broad range of fintech and digital asset matters, including tokenization, stablecoins, the digitization of traditional financial services, decentralized finance applications, digital investment platforms, and SuperApp ecosystems. She regularly counsels clients on product structuring, governance frameworks, and regulatory considerations associated with the development and launch of innovative financial products and services, including engagement with the SEC.
Daphne further advises growth-stage companies across a range of industries, including fintech and digital assets, throughout their lifecycles, from formation and financing through to exit.
Experience
Daphne's experience includes advising:
Kard Financial in its acquisition by Citi
FOMO Labs in its US$75 Million Series B
Graphite in its acquisition by Cursor
Monad Foundation it its public mainnet and token launch
Coinbase
in the landmark launch of its end-to-end token sales platform
in its acquisition of Echo
Beside in its US$32 Million Seed and Series A financings
Garden in its acquisition by Incredibuild
Fuse Crypto Limited in securing No-Action Relief from SEC
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A five-year exemptive order permits limited on-chain trading for US-listed equities through qualifying venues for the first time, subject to limits, disclosure, and issuer-notice conditions.
Crypto vaults are drawing regulatory attention, with a recent statement by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce addressing the application of federal securities laws to these structures.
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