Hopkinson, Jasmine

Jasmine Hopkinson

Associate

jasmine.hopkinson@lw.com
    Hopkinson, Jasmine

    Jasmine Hopkinson

    Associate

    jasmine.hopkinson@lw.com

    Profile

    Jasmine Hopkinson is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Fintech Industry Group.

    Jasmine advises a wide range of clients, including technology companies, financial institutions, payments service providers, cryptocurrency platforms, and e-money platforms, on all aspects of financial regulation.

    Jasmine trained in the firm’s London office, gaining experience in the Corporate, Banking, and Litigation & Trial departments, in addition to the Fintech Practice. She served as a local co-leader of the London office’s Asian & Middle Eastern Lawyers Group between 2024 and 2026.

    Experience

    Jasmine’s experience includes advising:

    • Coinbase on:
      • Its US$375 million acquisition of Echo, a community-based onchain investment platform
      • Its acquisition of Sentillia BV (dba Deribit), a UAE-based crypto derivatives exchange
      • Obtaining its EU MiCA license
    • FTMO, one of the leading proprietary trading firms, on the acquisition of OANDA Global Corporation, the online trading group
    • A tech startup on structuring and launching a first-in-kind platform for company private capital-raising 
    • Fintech clients on the structuring and regulatory treatment of their businesses, including authorization and compliance
    • Global cryptoasset service providers and payment service providers on structuring and launching new cryptoasset and payments products across multiple jurisdictions, including stablecoins
    • Cryptoasset service providers in relation to compliance with the cryptoasset travel rule and the UK financial promotions regime

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)

    Education

    • LPC MSc in Law, Business and Management, University of Law, London Moorgate, 2019
    • GDL, City University of London, 2018
    • BA (Hons) History, University of Oxford, 2016

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • Chinese (Mandarin)
    • German

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

    Law360
    February 20, 2025 Recognition

    Fintech Group of the Year: Latham

    Firm honored by Law360 for advising startups, financial institutions, VCs, digital asset and Web3 participants, and corporations on their most innovative and complex transactions, investigations, litigation, and regulatory matters.

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